The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 302

Austin was still on the ground, his eyes glassy with fear. Edward had guessed every word he intended

to say. However, the way Edward said those words made them sound less threatening.

"Unless... he and that other guy earlier were never afraid of my family in the first place," Austin thought.

Realizing that, he quickly turned to look at Darius, who now sat in the car.

He continued to ponder, "This man owns the latest gun model, which comes with a hefty price tag. It's

enough to purchase at least a quarter of Anderson Group's shares! If I hadn't accidentally seen the gun

earlier, I wouldn't have realized it was such an expensive model!"

He then propped himself off the ground, sitting upright while still trembling. Throughout the process, he

cautiously eyed Edward. He knew Edward was a skilled fighter and was worried the latter would stop

him from trying to talk to Darius.

If that were to happen, he would never get the chance to see Darius again. Fortunately, things went

smoothly; Austin turned to look at Darius through the car window.

Darius' attention was not on Austin at all. Even his gun was now missing. A tinge of disappointment

flashed across Austin's eyes, thinking he had imagined everything.

Meanwhile, Edward’s brows twitched slightly. He then walked over to place a hand on Austin's

shoulder.

Austin had just sat upright, but Edward’s brief contact made him sprawl on the ground again. Following

that, Austin zoned out, his mind no longer focusing on the present.

Yet, he soon noticed that Edward had run out of patience. His body broke out in an uncontrollable

tremor while his eyes widened. Sadly, Edward did not allow him to speak.

Edward stomped hard onto Austin's shoulder, calmly stating, "I hate that look of yours. All I want to do

is gouge your eyes out, so it'll take a lot of effort from me not to act on that urge.”

That only terrified Austin even more. Without giving the matter more thought, he shut his eyes, then

thrashed around to break free. He assumed escape would be easy since Edward’s foot did not exert

much effort on him.

Alas, he soon realized how wrong he was; Austin kept feeling a force pinning down his neck no matter

how hard he thrashed about. He parted his lips to plead for mercy, but Edward cut him off coldly. "Let’s

talk about how you deceived your friends, huh?"

At that moment, Austin trembled so much that his bones seemed to shake beneath his skin. Although

he did not like the friend group around him now, he could not deny that they were the only ones who

could save him now; he could not afford to cross them.

Thus, he suppressed the fear in his heart and blurted out, albeit still trembling, "You must be joking, sir.

I’ve never lied to my friends.”

After saying that, his tongue darted across his dry lips as his eyes rounded desperately at Edward, who

smirked in return.

Austin lay still on the ground. He did not make any movements nor speak, as he had already made

plenty of mistakes today. Before he could

decipher the meaning behind Edward and Darius' smirks, he decided it was best to lay still on the

ground.

"Impressive. It didn't take this kid long to realize he was the problem. He's even refraining from making

any more rash actions,” Edward commented in his mind while smiling in approval. Nevertheless, the

boy's sudden realization was not enough to stop Edward from speaking.

Still smirking, he attentively examined Austin, not wanting to miss out on any change in the latter's

expression. He then enunciated each word slowly, 'You're not the heir to the Anderson family. Besides,

there’s no telling if William Anderson himself knows he has a son or that you're his child."

The other teenagers that had remained silent all this while silent raised their heads, looking at Austin in

unison.

"Austin Anderson," one of them snarled through gritted teeth, "Is that man telling the truth? Are you not

the secret heir to the Anderson family? And your father didn’t send you away from home because he

wanted to keep you safe?"

Austin's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. He glared daggers at Edward,

kicking around with a growing force as he wanted to get off the ground. Simultaneously, confidence

thrummed in his veins while he boomed,

"What did you say? How dare you? You can say anything about me, just not this! William is my dad,

and he promised to give the company's shares to me-my name is in his will! The Anderson family will

belong to me if anything happens to him, be it him dying or disappearing! As for Kate, who he publicly

claims is his daughter, she’s not his biological daughter! She's the offspring of my dad’s ex-wife and

some other man! Her existence proves my dad got cheated on! Dad merely kept Kate to distract the

public from the cheating scandal. That’s the only way he could protect me!"

His gaze drilled into the car, piercing through to Darius by then. He could tell from a while ago that

Darius was Edward's superior, which meant only Darius could save him now. Hence, he stretched his

neck as far as it would go to yell at the latter. At that point, he had struggled so much that his voice

grew hoarse.

"H-Hey, m-mister! That guy who got into the car earlier! I know this guy holding me down belongs to

you. Please come out so that I can explain things to you. I can also show you the share transfer letter

my dad left with me."

Darius leaned against the front passenger with his arms crossed. His gaze darted ahead,

communicating with Erin at once.

Erin had since shifted to the backseat. Her brows furrowing in that instant as she reported,

"Mr. Reid, this Austin Anderson guy seems like he's telling the truth. However, what he says doesn't

match the results of my investigation."