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.

deep frown eventually marred his face when

could not do anything about

to sneak away from the

breathing grew shaky

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

did not move at

fixating on Maurice, whose

earlier left Maurice feeling more ashamed than

such a predicament, he did not

sigh came from

see his younger self in the blond boy

was once a

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

head immediately shot upward, shooting a prying look at

former’s prying eyes, though, as they resembled that

type of fear numerous times —Maurice was

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

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

Edward viewed Maurice as a child of

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

as

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 revealed his sentiments to

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

son.I understand you have many concerns still, but I think you

tears.He had

getting a response from the boy, Edward dejectedly retracted