The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 299

Taken aback, Edward whipped his head around to look at Erin. He immediately understood when he saw the beads of sweat on her forehead and the goosebumps all over her arms. Lips pursed, he headed back to her side.

Time had never felt this slow to Erin before. Things already felt like they had been dragging on for a while, but Edward’s slow pacing made things worse for her. She glared daggers at him when he stopped to cast one last glance at the group of youngsters before finally running back to the car.

Erin’s gaze was equally as frosty as her voice by then. She was quick to bark at him, "Get in."

That was the first time Edward had seen the icy side of Erin. However, he knew why she was upset, so he kept quiet and obediently got into the driver's seat. Edward took longer than expected, not knowing how to respond to the group of youngsters that caused him so much trouble.

He could tell some of the teenagers in the group were genuinely sorry but had to stick up for Maurice since they were friends.

Edward had not interacted with other people for some time, so he did not know what to say except cast a deadpan stare at the group. He pondered how to react suitably while returning to the driver's seat.

As he reached for the door handle, he felt something shoving into his lower back. Given how tough and concave in the middle it was, Edward knew the item was not something harmless like a tree branch. He halted in his step but remained relaxed with both hands in his pockets.

he lazily commented. While doing so, he fixated

when Darius traveled to the scene. He watched the entire thing unfold, only stepping out of the crowd and revealing

Edward grinned and spoke casually. "I’m impressed. No one has held me at gunpoint like this for a long time. Then again, perhaps it’s because I learned to wield a gun better than anyone else before

immediately after, he heard a thump and no longer felt the gun's barrel driving into his lower back. He then noticed an additional shadow on the ground-someone new had attacked

his heel to

Reid? What are you doing here?” asked Edward,

looked down at the teenage boy while replying to Edward, "Bridget sensed that you

how Darius felt from the latter's emotionless tone. Nevertheless, Edward heaved a sigh of relief, especially when he saw Darius’

would see Edward being held at gunpoint by a young blond when he rushed over. Thus, he wasted no time in knocking over

Darius stomped on the boy's chest and heard a pained cry did Darius realize something was off. So, he lightly flipped the boy over with

Darius saw the blond boy’s youthful face and frowned. Moments of silence passed before he finally uttered, "You

red with rage. If Darius were an easily frightened person, he would undoubtedly quiver from being

his foot, setting off a louder and even more pained cry from the blond. A hint of annoyance

yours,” Darius blandly stated, "I can assure you that