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 everyone’s attention was

could not

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

shaky at

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

not

on Maurice, whose

left Maurice feeling more ashamed than

never been in such a predicament,

sigh came

self in

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

you don’t wish to continue with your current lifestyle, I think

immediately shot upward, shooting a

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

specific type of fear numerous times —Maurice was afraid of

Darius, who only raised his chin higher and

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

say Edward viewed Maurice as

Edward saw Maurice earlier, he believed the latter would have

as he approached

of my being that

candidly

Maurice at eye level,

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

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

response from the boy, Edward dejectedly retracted his