The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 39 Darius took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the caller ID as he walked towards the elevator. He saw he
didn‘t know the caller from the ID and decided to ignore the call. He disconnected the phone call and went up to his apartment,
He went to his lounge in the apartment and sat down to relax with a glass of very expensive wine he took out from the deluxe
wine cellar in his apartment,
He poured the wine into a glass cup and took a sip from it. He let out a contented sigh as the exquisite taste of the wine hit his
taste buds.
Idle, he brought out his phone and decided to go through his unread messages. He had been very busy the previous days so he
hadn‘t had much time to check his messages. When he checked his messaging app, he saw that he had a lot of messages.
He quickly checked the messages, but was disappointed when he read the contents of the messages.
Majority of the messages were from his dorm mates who were asking him if he had truly gotten a high paying job and was now
living alone or if he was just putting up pretenses. Darius scoffed when he read the messages. He couldn‘t be bothered with what
they thought about him. He was no longer on their level anyway. Besides most of them were just asking to know if he had truly
gotten a high paying job as if he truly did then they wouldn‘t have anyone to look down on or make them feel better about
themselves.
However, it wasn‘t just such messages that he received. There were also several messages from his roommates asking about
his well being.
Rudd: [Hi Darius. How have you been now? Where did you go all these while?!]
Greg: (Hey Darius! How have you been man? We all miss you! Rudd misses you the most. Marcus too! Tell us how you doing
man!]
Marcus: [Darius! You better treat us to a meal someday soon!]
Darius smiled heartily when he saw the messages. He truly missed his friends. Now that he thought about it he had only gone on
outings with them on few occasions. He made a mental note to go out with them soon.
He replied their messages happily with a smile on his face. When he was done, he checked the message that he got from Alice.
Alice: (Hi. I just wanted to know if you have decided on a day for our date yet.)

Darius read the message with a blank expression. If he were honest with himself he still thought it too early to go on a date with
Alice. Even though he had gotten a new apartment and his cars, he still had to visit his companies.
However, putting off the date with Alice was not a good idea. It had already been a few days since he promised to inform her of
the date. It was almost as if he was avoiding her. He texted Alice his response, sighing.
Darius: [I‘m sorry for not replying earlier. I have been very busy with a lot of things. Once I‘m done I‘ll definitely inform you of the
date.]
Darius had just sent out the text message when a notification for another message popped up on his phone screen.
Unknown: [Hi. I called earlier but you didn‘t answer my calls so I decided to text you.]
Darius clicked the message and was redirected to the main chat. His message history with the person was empty which meant
that Darius had never come in contact with the person before.
Darius: [Hi. Have we met before?)
A few seconds passed before Darius got a response.
Unknown: [Yes we have. You saved my life.]
When Darius read the reply he had a confused expression on his face.
Save someone‘s life? When did he ever do such a thing?
All his life he had been poor. It had barely been a month since he discovered his wealth. He still had a lot of things to do, so
when did he ever go about saving people‘s life? He barely had time for himself!
Darius: [I‘m sorry but could you tell me how I did so?]
Another few seconds passed before Darius got a response.
Unknown: [We met at the Armani store where you saved me by paying a sum of one million dollars for a random stranger you
just met.)
The moment Darius read the message the events of that came crashing down his mind. He had indeed helped a lady he met at
the Armani store when he went to purchase his shoes. However it was too much to say he saved her life by just that single

gesture.
He sighed. If he remembered correctly the lady‘s name was Helen, and he had actually given her his contact. Darius: [Are you
Helen?] Another few seconds passed, and it was considerably longer than the previous waits before he got a reply.
Helen: (Yes I‘m Helen. I‘m very glad you remembered my name. It means so much to me.]
Darius smiled lightly
Darius: [It‘s nothing. Is there a reason you texted me?]
Helen: (It‘s nothing serious. It‘s just that I didn‘t get your name the last time we met. I hope, it‘s not too much to ask for your
name?! Darius paused. Indeed he hadn‘t actually given her his name. He was in a bit of a hurry the day they met so he didn‘t
give her his name.
Darius: [Of course not. You can call me Darius.]
Helen: (Thank you very much Darius. I greatly appreciate your help the other day. If there‘s anything you want me to help you
with don‘t hesitate to ask me. I‘ll make sure to help you with the best of my capabilities.)
Darius smiled lightly again. He could tell how sincere Helen was being from the messages alone. She was truly grateful to him
for his help.
Unfortunately, Darius was aware that Helen couldn‘t do much for him because she was at least as poor as he was a month prior.
He knew she was just being kind, and it would be impolite for him to ignore it, so he texted his response.
Darius: (Alright. I‘ll call you if I ever need your help.]
There was no response from Helen, and her name turned gray from green, signifying that she had gone offline. Darius was just
about to go offline as well when another notification flashed across his screen.