The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 20

Darius paid no attention to the glances the onlookers gave to him. He picked up his shopping bags full of

the shoes he selected and was about to head to the counter to pay for his goods when he felt someone

tug on his shirt. He turned back and saw that it was the lady he saved.

He took a closer look at the lady and saw that she was really beautiful. She was tall, although not as tall

as him, probably 180 cm, with fair skin and beautiful blonde hair. She also had an hourglass figure which

her poor clothing did little to hide. The girl stared back at Darius, and then looked back at her feet. She

was too afraid to speak up, but she didn‘t want to let Darius go just like that. He had just paid 1 million

dollars on her behalf. Even though to him it might seem like nothing due to how rich he was, to her it was

something very touching. After fidgeting for a few seconds, she finally had the courage to speak up.

“Hello.” She muttered; her voice very meek. Darius didn‘t reply and kept staring at her, waiting for her to

speak up. When she saw that Darius didn‘t respond, she finally braced herself to speak up. “Thank you

very much for your help sir. If you didn‘t even help me I don‘t dare imagine what would have happened to

me.” The lady said, her voice still shaking from the fear she had when she recalled what happened

earlier. Darius sighed. He completely understood her fears. He had been poor his whole life so he had

been in these kind of situations before. Back then he had wished that he had someone to help him out,

but that wasn‘t what happened. This was why when he saw the lady being mistreated he instantly felt

very angry at the young man. “What‘s your name?” Darius asked in a soothing voice. “Helen.” The lady

replied, still looking downwards. “Look at me Helen.” Darius said; his voice inviting.

Helen obeyed and looked up at Darius. Darius smiled at her and she felt her heart melting at his smile.

She looked like she had finally found the man of her dreams. Not only was he extremely wealthy, he was

tall, handsome and most importantly he was very kind!

Most of the rich people she had seen were always arrogant, mean and haughty. It was no surprise she

instantly fell for Darius at once.

“It‘s nothing. I just can‘t stand such behavior, especially when it‘s coming from a fellow male.” Darius

said.

Darius smiled at her again and turned around to leave, but the lady he helped called him back again.

“I‘m incredibly sorry to bother you, but can I have your contact?” Helen asked shyly, her cheeks beet red.

She had never asked for a man‘s contact before and neither had she given a man her contact details for

various reasons.

For one she was very poor, so she had to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. As such she didn‘t

have time for any type of a relationship with a man.

Another reason was that she was a student at Lockwood University, another top university in the

neighborhood, so the little free time she was not working she channeled them towards her studies.

Also, many of the men she had met just wanted her for her body. They always had perverted and

lecherous gazes when they looked at her, so it was not a surprise that she completely shut out men in

her life.

However, after the events that occurred today, she broke her ironclad rule and took the initiative to ask

for his contact.

Darius smiled at her, making her heart beat rapidly before giving her his contact. After he did so, he

turned around and left Helen to her thoughts.

Helen blushed as she watched him leave before turning around and rushing out of the store. She

checked the time on her phone and saw that over an hour had passed since she arrived at the store.

She groaned when she thought about her boss that was still waiting for her to arrive with the shoes. She

was surely getting a pay cut there was no doubt about that.

She had gone quite a far distance from the store when she let out a loud groan, attracting the attention of

people nearby. In her bid to leave in a hurry, she had forgotten to ask her benefactor something very

important. She didn‘t ask him for his name.

Helen sighed. It was all good. After all she had managed to get his contact. It was better to have his

contact than to have his name without a means to contact him. And with that thought, Helen walked

cheerily towards her work place.

Darius on the other hand stood in front of the counter about to pay for his shoes. The bill had summed up

to $426,000. Darius sighed. He had already spent over 2.5 million dollars in a single day, and now he

was about to spend another large sum of money. He wondered if he was spending too much, but then

when he looked at his account balance he shrugged. The amount he had spent wasn‘t even close to

emptying his wallet.

He promptly paid for his shoes before making his way out of the store. He boarded a taxi back to his

dorm in the university. He still had a lot of things to do but it was already late to do them today. Besides,

he had to go to classes tomorrow.

When he arrived in his dorm room, he saw that it was still vacant. Knowing his roommates, Darius

assumed that the lectures for the day had already ended and that they had gone to the club to look for

women.

He exhaled a sigh. He hadn‘t been to the club all these while because he was too busy to go to one.

Perhaps it was time for him to loosen up now that he had money. He made a decision to visit the club

during his free time.

After arranging his shopping bags of shoes like he did to his clothes, he lay down on his bed. He needed

a well–deserved rest because the day‘s events had left him exhausted