The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

The Consortium’s Heir Chapter 170

Darius didn’t want to spare Frederica even a single look. He could see her excitement and intentions, especially when her gaze was trained on him. He wanted to leave, and so he did.

He didn’t expect her to appear before him and stop him from leaving. He sighed. “Is there anything else. you need from me, Miss Kuster?”

Frederica’s face became nervous when she heard him address her so formally. She started to tremble and sounded nervous as she said, “Mr. Reid, I want to buy you a meal as thanks for sharing some of your wealth with me. I’m also grateful that you didn’t ask me to repay you in any way, not even with my body.” She bowed her head.

Darius was unmoved. He knew what she meant, but he wasn’t interested. Therefore, he said coldly, “I’m not going to eat with you, and I have my reasons. Firstly, I need you to repay me–by achieving what I wanted you to. Secondly, as I said earlier, I don’t have much time.”

When he was done saying what he wanted to, he didn’t move. It wasn’t because he didn’t want to- Frederica didn’t seem to show any intention of budging. He sighed and started to look disappointed. “I honestly wanted to help you because you’re a smart woman.”

He was about to summon the security guards to do their jobs when Frederica spoke up. “I’m sorry, and I didn’t mean to make you mad. I really just wanted to thank you, but I’ll leave now that I know you’re offended.” After that, she fled.

He put his hands behind his back and turned to look at Erin.” You haven’t spoken for a long time.

already regained her composure and was like her usual self. She smiled and said, “Nothing. It just occurred to me that things have been going smoothly lately. While you were speaking, Zack sent me a message saying that all of their highest–earning assets have become ours.”

to show just how happy he was. He started walking, and he soon arrived at his destination–his office. The situation inside made him want to laugh,

help. thinking about how lucky he was. If he’d turned up just a little later, he definitely would’ve

escape, but it was obvious that she’d failed, even if she didn’t know it yet.

that he’d scare her and make her fall out of the window if he were to open the door, so he didn’t. He stood at the entrance and turned to Erin, putting his finger to his lips to signal for

lit up, and she kept her lips tightly pursed. She pulled

shook his head and typed a message on

want her to be scared or get injured. Have someone get ready to catch her downstairs so that nothing happens even if she slips and

The person he was referring to was a woman! This was the second time on the same day that he’d gone against his principles for al woman. This worried her, but she still did as

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could sense her negative emotions, but it wasn’t his main concern currently. He wanted to know who was in his office, and the need was strong enough to confuse him. He didn’t understand why this was happening, but he felt it was probably similar to his ability to sense