The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 296

Bridget had dropped Edward and Erin off someplace safe earlier. Once she left, the two found a coffee shop nearby, taking shelter until the dust settled with Darius and the Gillette Group.

They sat down, but before they could order any drinks, they heard some people whispering from the table next to theirs.

"Oh my god, why would anyone upload this kind of video online? Tsk! My eyes hurt from watching it...” a guy said while shaking his head at his phone.

The second person eagerly looked at the phone and exclaimed, "Maybe it's because the two people in that video are very famous! That guy's Darius Reid, the top dog at Kingston University. What's even more shocking is he used to be the poorest student there. It’s just that he somehow became rich overnight."

Upon hearing that, the first guy's jaw fell wide open.

"Woah," he replied, "! didn't know that. Well, what about the girl in the video? She looks pretty. Although, nothing about her seems remarkable. Is she a celebrity?”

"No, that young lady is from the Anderson family," explained the second person.

The first person then examined the video in detail, commenting, "I don't think there's anything wrong with the video."

nothing wrong. However, there was news not long ago that Darius Reid was dating the third- ranked beauty from his

in Erin’s head; she knew there would be many negative implications if this information spread to others, so she shot to her feet, rushing toward

to

After seeing her grim expression, the guys knew they had discovered something huge. One of them stood, leaned closer to Erin's

and Darius also

tensed for a split second. She eventually glared daggers at the young man, startling him

and leading her body in the other direction. A blank

tell you-the first is that your guess is wrong. Secondly, we're both employees under Darius, and we'll continue to serve him for the foreseeable future. So, your little discussion earlier has completely overstepped the boundaries of what we

then calmly picked up one of the men’s forks, raising it before crushing it in his palm with ease. As both men fell gravely silent, he retracted his hand and

the two's gazes were downcast. They forced themselves to avoid meeting Edward's nightmarish stare. That garnered a Satisfied nod from Edward, who wanted

hunt you two down.” With that, Edward smirked, then left to pay for the coffee that he and Erin never got to

action after exiting the coffee shop. Next to him was a silent Erin, who had not spoken to him since realizing his and Bridget's

brow, explaining, "Don't worry. A car will arrive soon

in such a hurry to get there that she could not think about anything else and only stood on the spot. Nevertheless, Edward kept to his word. Five minutes after he nodded at her, a white car pulled up