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.

eventually marred his face when he realized everyone’s attention

Maurice could not do anything about

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

grew shaky at that

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

not move at

fixating on

called out earlier left Maurice feeling

in such a predicament, he did not Know how to

came from

see his younger self

a confused young boy who

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

head immediately shot upward, shooting a prying look at

eyes, though, as they resembled that

that specific type of fear numerous

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

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

say Edward viewed Maurice as a child of

Edward saw Maurice earlier, he believed

softened as

ounce of my being that you can trust me.After all, I’m sure you can tell how

Maurice’s hair and candidly revealed

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

you have many concerns still, but

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

getting a response from the boy, Edward dejectedly retracted