The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 304

"My adoptive family doesn’t treat me as well as the outside world believes.Also, the woman who took me away from the orphanage —well, she makes it clear how sick she is of me.My adoptive mother often expresses how helpless she is when I get picked on by everyone else, but I can tell she, too, doesn't like me," Maurice revealed, testing the waters as he cautiously looked at Darius.

Yet, disappointment soon tightened his chest to know the answer he wanted never came.

Darius continued to stare at Maurice, knowing what the latter was thinking.He secretly found it funny how the boy reacted.

While everyone was still stunned by the sudden turn of events, he raised his hand, hovering it over Maurice’s head.

That caused Maurice to stiffen, holding his breath until the former's hand rested on his head.

Only then did he calm down.

Darius quirked a brow but kept his opinions to himself.

All he did was calmly point out, "You were hoping to see if I knew your birth parents and whether I could tell you about them."

Maurice rolled his eyes.

He thought he hid his emotions well, yet Darius had somehow seen through him and accurately guessed his every thought.

One thing he did not anticipate, however, was how to deal with the situation before him.

Silence ensued at the scene, making things even more awkward.

Everyone felt the tension, including Maurice’s peers, who watched from the sides.

Maurice was not focusing on this; his eyes were rolling at a specific person—Darius.

marred his face when he

Maurice could not do anything about

the idea to sneak away from the side of his car and then drive

grew shaky

kept a firm and vengeful gaze, eyes darting from the escape route he mapped

not

his brow while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still

earlier left Maurice feeling more

in such a predicament, he did not Know how to

came

see his younger self in

different life experiences, Darius was once a confused young boy who could relate to

car and said emotionlessly, "If you don’t wish to continue with your current lifestyle, I think getting in

immediately shot upward, shooting a

that of a cautious child.He knew very well Maurice was only reacting

of that, Darius himself had experienced that specific type of fear numerous times —Maurice was afraid

his chin higher and placed both hands

the two.His face then lit up with joy at the

even say Edward viewed Maurice as

the moment Edward saw Maurice earlier, he believed the latter would have made the

features softened as

with every ounce of my being that you can trust me.After all, I’m sure you

hair and candidly revealed his

speaking, he knelt to meet Maurice at eye level,

my son.I understand you have many concerns still, but

Maurice’s eyes became glossary with tears.He had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened on

getting a response from the boy, Edward