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 he realized everyone’s attention

Maurice could not do anything about

away from

breathing grew shaky at that

eyes darting from the escape route he mapped out

did not move

brow while fixating on Maurice, whose eyes

Maurice feeling more

he had never been in such a predicament, he did not Know how to resolve

sigh came from

could almost see his younger self in the blond

life experiences, Darius was once a

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

shot upward, shooting a prying

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

top of that, Darius himself had experienced that specific type of fear numerous times

his chin higher and placed both hands behind his

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

viewed Maurice as a child of his

Maurice earlier, he believed the latter would have made

softened as he approached

of my being that

candidly revealed

eye level, trying

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

with tears.He had never experienced such emotions before, so he stiffened

a response from the boy, Edward dejectedly retracted his