The Consortium's Heir novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Andrew: (Darius Reid? You‘re joking right? What can that poor and miserable person donate to charity for God‘s sake?] Darius frowned as he read the message. He was alone at the time, sipping wine and going about his business. Why was his name being brought up again?

Curious, he clicked on the message notification and was redirected to his department main chat. There, he scrolled up and read the previous messages to see why his name was being inentioned.

After five minutes, he had read all the previous messages and was caught up with the latest message in the main chat. Darius had a cold expression on his face after he read through the messages. As usual, he was being looked down on by his classmates.

His classmates had been discussing the upcoming charity gala in the main chat. Most of them had already picked their outfits and who they were attending the gala with. It was understandable. Although Darius didn‘t like and enjoy the previous charity galas he attended, that didn‘t do anything to remove the prestige the charity gala held. It wasn‘t just wealthy students who attended the charity gala. Several influential figures in the society also attended the charity galas. The buzz surrounding this year charity gala was even more insane. Three of the top universities in the districts were co–hosting the charity gala this time which meant that the gala this time would surely be better and livelier than it was last year. It was during the discussions that his name was brought up. Someone had asked if Darius would be attending the charity gala. Darius didn‘t know whether the person was asking out of curiosity or was asking just to mock him, but from the responses the person got, Darius guessed that the person did it to mock him. Trey: [Darius attending the gala? Please let‘s say something reasonable and believable.) Rey: [I mean, he is someone who couldn‘t even donate $200 to charity at the last gala. What is he hoping to achieve by attending the gala this time?] Victor: [He better not come. This is not just the regular charity gala. Both Lockwood and Evergreen universities are also taking part in this gala. If he attends the gala he‘ll be nothing but a disgrace and an embarrassment to Kingston University.]

Darius scoffed when he read their messages. The expression on his face was extremely cold.

Although he knew he wasn‘t very popular among his classmates he didn‘t expect them to talk ill of him openly in the main chat. At first he swore that he wasn‘t going to attend the charity gala, but after seeing their messages he started thinking otherwise.

Why was he even afraid of them finding out his identity in the first place? Why did he even want to hide his identity as a rich heir from them?

Now that he thought about it his choice was indeed a silly one. He was the head of the Reid consortium, a very affluent conglomerate. What could his classmates do to even hurt him?

Wasn‘t the main reason they were looking down on him because of his poverty? It was even

the reason Sarah left him for David, because David was significantly richer than him.

Darius was still thinking about this when his phone pinged loudly, signifying another message in the main chat.

Clinton: (The venue for the charity gala has just been confirmed!]

Trey: (Really?!) Clinton: [Yes! It‘s on the official website now!)

Rey: (Well tell us the venue for the gala then!]

Clinton: [Of course! It‘s the Sky Golden Hotel!]