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

Maurice could not do anything

from the side of his car and

grew shaky at that

gaze, eyes darting from the escape route he mapped out to

not

his brow while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still

left Maurice feeling

in such a predicament, he did not

sigh came from

self

two had entirely different life experiences, Darius was once a confused young boy who

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

head immediately shot upward, shooting a

not mind the former’s prying eyes, though, as they resembled that of a cautious child.He knew very well Maurice was

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

who only raised his chin higher and placed

lit up with joy at the outcome of things as he had

viewed Maurice

Maurice earlier, he believed the latter

as

you with every ounce of my being that you

hair and candidly revealed his

Maurice at eye level, trying

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

were so full of love and sincerity that Maurice’s eyes became glossary with tears.He had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened on the spot,

getting a response from the boy, Edward dejectedly