The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 307

Austin’s brows crinkled closer.His head shot upward as his eyes pierced through Kate, hoping to catch her off guard and see what she thought.

Everything went as he predicted, but sadly, he did not see what he wanted in her eyes; there was a whirlwind of fear, anger, dissatisfaction, hurt, and many more emotions.

The one feeling absent in her gaze was a raging desire for him to die.

Before looking at her, he assumed she only felt hatred at that instant.

If he had to dig deeper, he would have guessed there was a Sadistic joy in her eyes, eager to see him die.

Yet, reality turned out different from what he had expected.

Every part of his body tensed while a frosty aura radiated from him.

It contrasted with Kate’s warm and inviting presence, something he refused to welcome with open arms.

Kate lowered her head, simultaneously shivering as though the air was cold.

It took her a while to discern what the boy’s pointed stare meant; eventually, she realized he was angry.

Still, she assumed his reaction was merely a fearful response toward his inevitable death for crossing Darius.

Pursing her lips, Kate pondered her next move for some time, then turned to face Darius with a set of doe eyes.

Her voice sounded small as she pleaded, "Darius, I know you’re a good person.Austin may have made many mistakes, but he’s just a boy who didn’t have a role model or anyone to guide him on the right path while growing up! But now, I’m willing to fill in that role for him.Please, can you give him a chance to live for my sake?"

Warm tears filled up her eyes with every growing moment.

Although, it was never her intention to appear desperate.

Nevertheless, her body could not help reacting that way from the overwhelming pity she felt for the boy.

Even her voice trembled as she spoke those words.

Meanwhile, Austin felt a burst of energy in his body, allowing him to push himself off the ground.

He temporarily ignored the intense pain in his chest, something he could not do before.

No one paid much mind to that, though, as they were busy gawking at him.

Because logically speaking, a person on his deathbed should not be attracting their murderer's attention—yet, Austin did so.He bared his teeth at Darius but surprised the latter with what he said next. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

"I’m sorry for everything I did to you, Kate.But, since Darius is about to kill me, I might not have the chance to apologize or ask for your forgiveness.Nevertheless, I don’t want you to beg him for mercy on my behalf anymore.He’s an evil man."

Darius shrugged, feeling Austin was unreasonable.

Not wanting to waste another second, he narrated his actions while doing them.

"Watch closely, kid.One has to load their gun, then take the safety off."

A crisp click rang out, indicating the gun’s safety lock had gotten deactivated and was ready for firing.

Kate could not help but yell at Darius.

Even so, she maintained a pleasing tone instead of aggressively screaming.

At the same time, Kate had already rushed up to Darius’ side, her trembling hands gripping his collar.

She assumed doing this would work like it did several times before.

Never did she expect Darius to only stare at her without responding.

However, his stare felt icy, as if he had pushed her into a frozen lake.

Goosebumps prickled her skin in that instant.

That was the second time he looked at her that way; the previous one was when they first met on the plane when she taunted him.

She did not think she would ever be the target of his terrifying stare again, yet it happened.

Every part of her body stiffened, and she dared not utter even a word before him.

Perplexed by her reaction, Darius did not hide his emotions; he raised a brow, grabbed Kate’s wrist, and led her behind him.

He then turned to look at Erin, instructing, "Take her back to the hotel."

Erin’s expression did not change one bit.

Despite how much it upset her to see Darius holding Kate's hand, she nodded.

"will do, Mr.Reid.I’ll get it done."

With that, she elegantly strolled before Kate, leading the latter to the car Kate had arrived in earlier and opening the back door.

She stood slightly behind the door with her arms outstretched to prevent Kate from bumping into the hood.

Her voice sounded neutral, gentle even, as she said, "Go ahead, Miss Kate."

Kate did not move, her eyes focusing on Darius with growing concern.

That did not escape Erin’s notice, so she calmly pointed out, "Miss Kate, the reason you're reluctant to part with that boy is that your emotions have clouded your judgment.Whatever you may feel or think now is far from reality.The truth is that Austin simply doesn’t deserve any pity."

Only then did Kate snap out of her daze.

Furrowing her brows, she shot an interrogative look at Erin.

Much to her dismay, the latter met her gaze but was adamant about not clarifying things.

Kate knew her best option under the current circumstances was to get into the car.

Still, she could not bring herself to leave, so she turned to glance at Darius again.

What she saw next was Darius sitting in his car and staring at the road ahead.

Not once did he look elsewhere nor at her.

"Gosh, even his side profile is devilishly handsome..." she murmured.

Little did she know that Darius was an enlightened martial artist, so he could still hear everything even if Kate had spoken with an inaudible tone.

Seeing Kate lower her head in disappointment, Erin sighed and curtly said, "I know you’re confused, and I’ll explain things to you later."

They then drove away, leaving Austin on the ground with his eyes wide.He never thought Kate would choose to abandon him.

It left him in a state of shock, his lips parting but incapable of making a sound.

More time passed before he ultimately clamped his lips shut.