The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 117

Meanwhile, Darius was already speeding towards Serene Hospital. Naturally, he had no idea about his

grandfather‘s plans. His thoughts were totally occupied with the old man‘s death.

After minutes of driving speedily, Darius arrived at the hospital. He parked the car neatly and then rush

ed to the old man‘s room, without paying any attention to anybody.

When he opened the door, Dr. Langhan was already waiting for his arrival with an expectant

expression on his face.

“Mr. Reid.” Dr. Langhan called out carefully.

Darius ignored him and walked straight

to the old man‘s lifeless body on the bed. Darius didn‘t say anything and stared at the old man‘s body w

ith a complicated expression on his face. Darius back was turned to Dr. Langhan, so he

couldn‘t see the expression on Darius‘ face.

The two of them maintained a period of silence for over five minutes, before Darius finally spoke up

“What happened exactly? Wasn‘t his condition stabilized already?” Darius asked.

Dr. Langhan sighed forlornly before answering Darius‘ question.

“That was a lie. In truth, the old man was already severely injured before you

hit him with your car. He was already destined to die, and even the aid of world class doctors would be

unable to save him.” Dr. Langhan said in a sad tone.

Darius turned around and stared at Dr. Langhan in shock.

“What do you mean?” Darius asked; surprise lacing his tone.

Dr. Langhan then explained what he discovered from the old man‘s body after an intense scan. It turne

d out that the old man already had several

internal injuries that dated years back, and some that were recently inflicted.

There was no way the old man would have survived those injuries. Perhaps if Darius didn‘t hit him with

his car, then he would survive a few more weeks before his death. Darius hitting him with his car aggra

vated his already grave injuries, hereby accelerating the inevitable.

After Darius heard Dr. Langhan‘s explanation, an expression of realization appeared on his face. He no

w understood why Dr. Langhan was always

cutting his meetings off. It turned out that the old man was already close to the end of his lifespan, and

he didn‘t want Darius to

figure out that something was wrong with the old man.

“Why didn‘t you tell me?” Darius asked calmly.

“The old man begged me to keep this a secret from you. He didn‘t want you to be burdened by the truth

.” Dr. Langhan replied sadly.

Darius sighed at Dr. Langhan‘s answer. In the end, Darius was responsible for aggravating the old man‘

s injuries, indirectly causing his death.

“I understand.” Darius said at last.

“He asked me to give you this.” Dr. Langhan abruptly said, pulling out a special piece of paper with equ

ally special writings on it and handing it to Darius.

Darius collected the piece of paper with a confused expression on his face. After going through the cont

ents of the paper, the confused expression on his face became even more profound.

The special writings on the paper were completely unreadable to Darius, and were written in a languag

e Darius had never seen before in his life.

He didn‘t understand a single thing in the paper!

“Why did he tell you to give this to me?” Darius asked Dr. Langhan skeptically.

“I don‘t know. He only said that it would be extremely important to you soon.” Dr. Langhan replied helpl

essly.

Darius only became more confused at Dr. Langhan‘s answer. Unfortunately, the

person who handed Dr. Langhan the paper was now dead. There was no way he could find out the rea

soning behind the old man‘s actions.

Darius tucked the paper into his pockets and waved Dr. Langhan goodbye before exiting the hospital ro

om. He did, however, remember to pay his last respects to the old man.

Darius walked straight to his car after leaving the hospital. His phone rang just as he was about to start

the car and drive away.

He checked the caller ID and saw that it was Erin once more; so he quickly answered the phone call.

“Mr. Reid, the news concerning the accident has spiraled out of control. Several of our projects have bee

“The businessmen and the public are both beginning to question the morality of the chairman

of West Atlantics Int‘l, and they have blatantly refused to continue any business talks

until a satisfactory explanation is issued to them.” Erin concluded.

“Alright. I‘ll be at the headquarters soon.” Darius said emotionlessly and then hung up the call.

He clenched his teeth in rage at the latest development before calming down. He knew it was pointless

He then switched on the car engine before driving towards Capital City where his company was located

Darius knew what this attack on his company signified. The other companies under the Reid consortium

A massive financial group like the Reid consortium was not without its enemies. By that time, he would h

If he was unable to successfully defend a single company under his name, how would he be able to defe

Darius sighed and pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind as he drove. There was a lot going on rig

deal with one problem at a time.

He first had to deal with the obvious attack on his company. There was no way he was going to let his o