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.

frown eventually marred his face when he realized

his annoyance, Maurice could not do

thumbs, he suddenly had the idea to sneak away from the side

grew shaky

kept a firm and vengeful gaze, eyes darting from the escape route he mapped out to Darius’ eyes from time to

not move at

while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still

Maurice

a predicament, he

sigh came from

his younger self in the blond

was once a confused young boy who

pointed at Maurice’s car and said emotionlessly, "If you don’t wish to continue with your current lifestyle, I think getting in that car and leaving is the best

shot upward, shooting

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

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

from Darius, who only raised his chin higher and placed both hands behind his

up with joy

say Edward viewed Maurice as a

moment Edward saw Maurice earlier, he believed the latter

softened as

swear to you with every ounce of my

candidly revealed

eye level, trying to be

it, I hope you’ll agree to be my son.I understand you have many concerns still, but I

had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened on the spot, not

from the