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

Maurice could not do anything about

had the idea to sneak away from the

shaky

from the escape route he mapped out to

did not move

raised his brow while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes still rolled

earlier left Maurice feeling

never been in such a predicament,

came

younger self in

Darius was once a confused young

continue with your current lifestyle, I think getting in that car and leaving is the best option.Because

shot upward, shooting a prying look at

opposite, Darius did not mind the former’s prying eyes, though, as they resembled that of a

experienced that specific type of fear numerous

raised his chin higher and placed

understood what was happening between the two.His face then lit up with joy at the outcome of

Edward viewed Maurice

Maurice earlier, he believed the

as he approached

of my being

hair and candidly revealed

to meet Maurice at eye level, trying to be as

have many concerns still, but I

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

a response from the boy, Edward