The Consortium's Heir

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 rushed 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 with 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 turned 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 aggravated his already grave injuries, hereby accelerating the inevitable.

After Darius heard Dr. Langhan‘s explanation, an expression of realization appeared on his face. He now 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 equally 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 contents 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 language 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. Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

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

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 reasoning behind the old man‘s actions.

Darius tucked the paper into his pockets and waved Dr. Langhan goodbye before exiting the hospital room. 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 been stalled because of the news.”

“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 to get worked up about the current turn of events. His opponent was still lurking in the shadows, and any misstep by him would be disastrous for his company.

He then switched on the car engine before driving towards Capital City where his company was located. As he drove, he kept on calculating on how to handle the current issue. The fact that his opponent was able to sway one of the country‘s most powerful news outlets demonstrated that he was no pushover.

Darius knew what this attack on his company signified. The other companies under the Reid consortium were only stable because of the influence his grandfather built. As the new head of the Reid consortium, he would surely come to be in charge of all the companies.

A massive financial group like the Reid consortium was not without its enemies. By that time, he would have been subjected to a slew of attacks from various financial groups and conglomerates with a vendetta against the Reid consortium.

If he was unable to successfully defend a single company under his name, how would he be able to defend hundreds of companies under the Reid consortium?

Darius sighed and pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind as he drove. There was a lot going on right now, and he could only 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 opponent have his way.