The Consortium's Heir

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.

A few seconds of silence passed, before Michael spoke up, unable to bear the silence anymore.

"You've got a lot of nerve, holding on to me like that." Michael said in an icy tone.

"I should be telling you that. What do you think you're doing by forcefully taking my date away?" Darius countered in an equally icy tone. "Date?" Michael asked. His gaze instantly turned frosty. He turned to Alice and asked in a chilly tone. "What does he mean by that?”

Alice started panicking when she heard Darius say they were on a date. She knew how insane Michael could be whenever he felt that he was in danger of losing her. She had planned to draw Michael's attention away from Darius as she didn't want to involve Darius in her relationship struggles and expose him to Michael's wrath, but Darius' answer had just ruined that possibility. "I mean what I said." Darius said, answering in place of Alice. Michael was even more irritated when Darius answered for Alice. "I see you have a death wish." Michael threatened, glaring at Darius.

"It's you who have a death wish." Darius countered.

The veins on Michael's forehead twitched from anger. He was about to retort when a loud ringing tone echoed where they stood.

Michael put his hand into his pocket and brought out his phone. He was about to ignore the phone call, but when he saw the caller ID, he changed his mind.

Both Darius and Alice watched as Michael turned away from them to answer the phone call. About thirty seconds later, Michael ended the call. He looked at where they stood and spoke in an audible voice. "This isn't over." Michael threatened. He glanced at Alice for a brief moment before finally making his way out of the restaurant.

Darius scoffed at Michael's threat. He thought of him as nothing but a coward. He was still scorning Michael in his mind when he heard a loud sound beside him. He turned and saw that it was Alice who had fallen to the floor. Her two hands were trembling greatly and she was too scared to stand on her two feet.

Darius helped her up to her feet and directed her to his car. He wondered what kind of relationship that Alice had with Michael that just a single appearance from him would put her in such a mess. He wanted to ask her, but when he saw how disoriented Alice was, he refrained from doing so. She wasn't in the right state of mind now, and would not be able to answer his question

He drove speedily back to the female dormitory. Thirty minutes into the ride, Alice finally got a hold of herself. Even at that, she refused to speak up and just kept staring at the window.

1 hour 30 minutes later, Darius came to a stop outside the female dormitory. Alice alighted from the vehicle

"Are you alright?" Darius asked. He couldn't just allow Alice to leave like that. Alice mustered up a smile at his question. It was not his fault that she was a mess, but he still had the heart to care genuinely about her well being. "I'll be fine. I knew that this isn't how the date is supposed to end, but I'm contented with this already. Thank you." Alice replied. She waved at Darius before walking towards her dormitory

Darius sat in his car, staring at Alice until she was no longer in his line of sight. After confirming that she had arrived safely at her dorm, Darius took one last look around before driving off