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.

face when he realized everyone’s attention

could not

idea to sneak away from

shaky at

darting from the escape route

not move at

brow while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still rolled

left Maurice feeling more ashamed than

predicament, he did

sigh came from

younger self in the blond boy before

a

current lifestyle, I think getting

head immediately shot upward, shooting

prying eyes, though, as they resembled that of a cautious child.He knew very well Maurice

of that, Darius himself had experienced that specific type of fear numerous

who only raised his chin higher and placed both hands

point, Edward finally understood what was happening between the two.His face then lit up with

Maurice as a child of

Maurice earlier, he believed the latter would have made the

his features softened as he approached Maurice's

but I can swear to you with every ounce of my being that you can trust me.After all,

Maurice’s hair and candidly revealed his

eye level, trying

I hope you’ll agree to be my son.I understand you have many concerns still, but I think you should give yourself a shot at

with tears.He had never experienced such emotions before, so

getting a response from the boy,