The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 

The young man looked at Dar 

ung man looked at Darius for a brief second before bursting out into laughter. Darius stood still and watched the man laugh for a few seconds. When the man was done laughing, he wiped a fake tear from the corner of his eye before speaking. 

“What? You want to pay for the shoes?” The young man asked. 

Darius remained silent and only stared at the young man, showing how dead serious he was. 

“You can‘t be serious. How do you even want to pay for the shoes when you can‘t even afford a decent pair of shoes?” The young man asked in a mocking tone. 

Everyone immediately moved their eyes to Darius‘ shoes. When they saw the worn out shoes he was wearing, another round of whispering and gossip broke out. “He‘s asking the price for the limited edition collection shoes while he can‘t even afford a nice pair of shoes?” “I can‘t believe my eyes. What sort of vanity is that?” “He must be probably trying to impress the lady. After all look at his outfit, plain ordinary.” 

The lady who stepped on the young man‘s shoes felt her heart leap to her throat. She didn‘t pay attention her defender‘s outfit, but when she did the tiniest bit of hope she had about him being able to pay for the shoes flew out the window. 

Although his outfit was very neat and presentable, he didn‘t look like someone who could afford to pay for the shoes, especially not after she took a look at his worn out shoes. 

The young man smirked before speaking. “Sure. I‘ll tell you. This pair of shoes cost 1 million dollars.” The young man replied in a haughty tone. Everyone sucked in a deep breath when they heard the price for the shoes.. 

1 million dollars? 

was absolutely ludicrous!

way that a pair of shoes would cost 1 million dollars. It was completely unbelievable!

so how would she be able to pay it? Even the young man who was standing up for her would not be able to pay such a

falsehood about the price of the shoes. They didn‘t cost more than $10,000, but he had increased the price by a factor of 100 to entice Darius to go. He assumed that even if Darius had any cash on him,

place. He merely desired to put Darius in his proper place Darius smirked as he looked at the young man. He wasn‘t a fool. He

pledge to apologize to the lady appropriately until she accepts the apology. Deal?” Darius stated, his eyes glimmering with mischief. He was trying to

before replying to Darius

one condition.” The young man said. He couldn‘t accept a deal where he‘ll be the only one who would

down and beg for my forgiveness if you don‘t pay the money

the young man could actually afford to pay such an amount of

say anything more and brought out his phone. He collected the man bank details and typed away on his

They wanted to see the outcome of the drama and not miss

from his phone and

He said

do you mean–?” The young man started, but was cut short by the buzz in his phone. He brought the phone and looked at it. However, his expression changed from that of pride

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