The Consortium's Heir novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Alice flinched when she heard Darius‘ question. She turned back slowly while holding her breath.

Darius sat still on his chair still maintaining his calm expression. However his demeanor was completely different from before. It was as if he changed from a friendly dog to a Lion as he calmly sat on his chair watching her.

Alice gulped slowly before speaking up. “Don‘t worry Darius. I know Michael. We are just going to have a talk and catch up with the past. You don‘t need to bother about it.” Alice explained.

“You still haven‘t answered my question Alice.” Darius replied calmly.

Alice sighed. She knew that Darius wasn‘t the person he was anymore, as he was incredibly wealthy, but they were dealing with Michael Finn here, the sole heir of the Finn conglomerate!

When she was in a relationship with Michael back in high school, no one had agreed to help her when she mentioned the situation she was in to them. That only showed her how powerful the Finn conglomerate was. Although Darius was rich, she felt that his wealth was not enough to go against Michael. She believed that he was only standing up for her because he had no idea how terrifying Michael was.

Alice was about to speak again, but Michael beat her to it.

“Forget it. I‘m not wasting my time here. Come here!” Michael said. As he spoke, he grabbed Alice‘s arm roughly and dragged her with him with the intention of leaving the restaurant.

He had only gone two steps when he felt an arm clamp down tightly on his shoulders. He ignored the hand on his shoulder and tried to move forward, but was unable to.

He tried again, but it was futile as the grip on his shoulder was too strong. Left with no choice, he turned back to face the person.

Darius stood still with his hand on Michael‘s shoulder. He didn‘t care who Michael was or what his relationship with Alice was. According to what he saw from the single exchange he had with Alice, he guessed that Alice and Michael had a bit of past together, but it was far from a peaceful one.

Alice who was all bubbly and smiling a few minutes ago suddenly started trembling and shaking because of Michael‘s arrival. In fact, she looked like she was terrified of Michael.

Darius would never allow someone like that to leave with Alice. Besides, he brought Alice out for a date. How could he allow a complete stranger to leave with Alice?

Michael on the other was very irritated when he saw Darius‘ hand on his shoulder. It was like as if a bug was crawling on his skin. However despite his irritation, he became incredibly vigilant.

Even after exerting a bit of force, he was unable to get Darius‘ arm off his shoulder. It only meant that Darius was not an average person and his personal strength was impressive.

Not wanting to lose out to Darius, he let go of the hand holding Alice‘s hand and put them to the hand on his shoulder. Only then did he manage to get Darius‘ hand off his shoulder.

He glared at Darius when he succeeded. Although Michael was tall, he was still a bit shorter than Darius. Therefore when he glared at Darius it only irked him the more that he was shorter than Darius, because it felt as if Darius was looking down on him.