The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 269

At that moment, Wilson only wanted to get Darius’ protection.

Never in a million years did Darius think that would happen.

Hence, he grinned in amusement, saying, "What you’ve said has satisfied me, so I’m willing to help."

He cracked his neck while continuing, "Since you've already expressed your loyalty to me, I can straightforwardly tell you that I've come here to obtain the Gillette Group’s shares.Wilson’s eyes grew wide with disbelief at what he had heard.He stumbled onto his butt, forgetting he was about to stand up.

Moments of gloomy silence passed before he looked down, muttering, "Now that you’ve told me your plans, I doubt I can say no to them.Please give me a few minutes to digest this information.It’s too painful for me to take in all at once.After all, I’m about to gift the riches I’ve worked hard to get all my life to someone else for free.I -I doubt anyone can peacefully agree to such a thing in am- moment’s notice."

His voice tremored by the end of that sentence.

Nevertheless, his eyes brimmed with determination as he shot a pleading look at Darius.

The latter nodded, leaving to sit on a bench in the yard.

He kept quiet while doing so, but the silence and peace did not last as Cerys crawled out seconds later from hiding in a random corner.

Her entire body was covered in dirt, so much so that one could not see the true color of her skin.

Even so, her eyes remained clear with determination.

I am your

of force to speak loudly, causing the dark greenish

was an equally repulsive color as

merely watched from the bench as the two Gillette family members

that he had

shot to her feet, Wilson’s secretary had already stood by Darius’ side,

could tell the secretary had stepped closer to him as the fragrance from her

doing now is very annoying to me," he snarled while

Cerys, yet his

aware of who he served, so he had been

his face, and he reached out to strike Cerys’ cheek, causing her to fall.He then

many mistakes.My son did the same but died after going against you.However, I’m ready to accept your

former was, Darius arched a brow.He smiled, then tapped the

had no clue why Darius

his hands together while stealing glances at Darius as he

stiffened on the ground for the longest time.She thought she would never experience a life of violence anymore, but it appeared she was wrong.To

a flame of hatred in

that had fallen to the ground

she held it, her body began to tremble with fear for