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 was

annoyance, Maurice could not

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

breathing grew shaky

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

not move at

brow while fixating on Maurice,

Maurice

he had never been in such a predicament, he did

sigh came

see his younger self in the blond boy before

was once a confused

with your current lifestyle, I think getting in that car and

head immediately shot upward, shooting a

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

himself had experienced that specific type of fear numerous times

a word came from Darius, who only raised his

Edward finally understood what was happening between the two.His face then lit up with joy at the outcome of things as he had taken a

could even say Edward viewed Maurice as a child

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

his features softened as he

know you have many fears and doubts, but I can swear to you with every ounce of my being that you can trust me.After all, I’m sure you

hair and candidly

knelt to meet Maurice at eye

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

had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened on the spot,

from the