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

annoyance, Maurice could not do

sneak away from the side of

shaky at that

darting from the escape route he mapped out

did not

while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still

Maurice feeling more ashamed than

never been in such a predicament, he did not

sigh came from

could almost see his younger self in the blond

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

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

shooting a

resembled that of a cautious child.He knew

himself had experienced that specific type of fear numerous times

a word came from Darius, who only raised his chin higher and placed both

what was happening between the two.His face then lit up

say Edward viewed Maurice as a child

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

softened as he approached

of my being that you can trust me.After all, I’m

hair and candidly revealed his sentiments

knelt to meet Maurice at eye level, trying to be as

have many concerns still, but I think you should

glossary with tears.He had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened on the spot, not knowing how

response from the