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.

marred his face when he realized everyone’s attention

Maurice could not do anything

twiddling his thumbs, he suddenly had the idea to sneak away from the side of his car and then drive

breathing grew shaky at

the escape route he mapped out

did not move

brow while fixating on Maurice, whose

out earlier left Maurice

had never been in such a predicament, he

sigh came from

see his younger self in the

once a confused young boy who

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

upward, shooting a prying look

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

had experienced that specific type of fear numerous times

raised his chin higher and placed both hands behind

face then lit up with joy at the outcome of things as he

even say Edward viewed Maurice as a

saw Maurice earlier, he believed the latter

his features softened as he approached Maurice's

every ounce of my being that you can trust me.After all,

and candidly

eye level, trying to

you’re okay with it, 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

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, not knowing

getting a response from the boy, Edward dejectedly