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.

of them will work against me.

Alicia to sense his murderous intent, but all it did was bewitch her. He

He turned back to look at her and asked, "So, what else are

"Nothing. I’m unbelievably reassured

her usual self and moved to put her

He knew that it was meant

change his impression of her. He felt that it'd be dangerous if he thought of her as a

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

seem to have already forgotten about what happened earlier." Before he could continue,

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

and at her words, he shut them. He needed a silent environment to think. This woman's attitude was extremely odd. Also, her words seemed to be pointing out her

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 slightly familiar pant despite listening to all the sounds around them. He turned to

toward them. Shelvin's hair was mussed up because of the distance he’d run. His shirt was unbuttoned,

He’d never been this disheveled. However, he felt that he could look worse. He ran toward Darius, then flopped onto the floor