The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 229

As she spoke, she pointed at a guy lying on the ground.

Darius looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "You're worried about the Gillette family coming here."

Alicia nodded. "Yes, sir. They're extremely unreasonable and act based on their whims and fancies. There's no way we can predict what they'll do." She looked at Darius. "If we stay here, we'll put ourselves in grave danger.

Also, the fact that Samantha did a one-eighty worries me. It proves that she knows they're almost here. We've kept an eye on her all this time, so I have no idea how she found out about that."

Darius took in her frustrated expression, then walked into the courtyard. He put his hands behind his back and looked in the direction that the Gillette family's cars were coming from. ‘You're worried that because the Gillettes know we're here, they'll be able to swiftly come up with a counterattack against us."

Alicia didn't expect him to understand her so well. She widened her eyes in surprise. Darius didn't turn to look at her, though.

Instead, a mocking and disdainful smile curved his lips.

have a hundred and one ways to deal with us, but none of them will work against me. Otherwise, Hank wouldn't have died by

was bewitch her. He was so handsome to her now, and it dazzled

turned back

her head. "Nothing. I’m unbelievably reassured now." He

Samantha, who'd been weeping pitifully this whole time, suddenly stood up. She went back to looking like her usual self and moved

face. He knew that it was

of her. He felt that it'd be

her pockets and sticking her chest out. She held her head high and looked at him. "What, are you going to apologize to me for

only became contemptuous. "You seem to have already forgotten about

mean by that? What do you mean I've already forgotten about what happened?

silent environment to think. This

and failed to come up with an answer, he suddenly heard the sound of someone panting outside, but the Gillette family had yet to arrive. The only thing that piqued his curiosity about this was the fact that he hadn't heard this

saw a tall, blond man running toward them. Shelvin's hair was mussed up because of the distance he’d run. His shirt was

he felt that he could look worse. He ran toward Darius, then flopped onto the floor