The Consortium's Heir novel Chapter 59

Chapter 59 “Erin! Is that you?!”

Darius and Erin both turned to the direction of the voice. Erin in particular was surprised when she heard her name. The voice of the person sounded very familiar to her. She wondered who the person who called her name was. Soon enough the person came into their line of sight. Erin face instantly morphed from one of surprise to irritation when she saw the person. It was none other than her college classmate, Vanessa Floyd.

Vanessa and Erin both attended a highly rated college in their district. Although it was a far cry from universities like Kingston University, which Darius attended, it was still a top university.

Vanessa and Erin were both regarded as the goddesses of their college. Not only were they incredibly beautiful, they were also very brilliant book wise, as they came out with top results after every exam.

However, despite being worshipped by both students and lecturers in the college alike, the two did not get along with each other. Vanessa most especially hated Erin passionately.

The reason was because she was always placed second to Erin. For someone with a very huge ego, she could not accept that she was placed second to Erin. She always thought she was better than Erin in everything, and therefore it was unacceptable for her to be second to her.

Her mindset sparked the beginning of an intense rivalry with Erin. The two had battled it out throughout their course of study in the university and much to Vanessa’s displeasure, Erin emerged on top every single time.

When they both graduated from college, they went their separate paths. As Vanessa’s father was part of the upper management in a top company, she didn’t have a hard time getting a job. That wasn’t the case for Erin however.

Vanessa was very happy when she heard that Erin hadn’t gotten a job. It proved that she was indeed superior to Erin. Even though her father had pulled some strings for her to get a job, she still started from the most basic rank available

Due to her brilliance, in just one year, she rose from a bottom office worker to become part of the upper management in the clothing company. Pleased with her work input and brilliant ideas which the company benefited greatly from, they transferred her to this branch to be the manager of the store. There were even talks of promoting her to be on the same level as her father in the company.

While all these were happening, Erin was still out searching for a job. When she later got a job, Vanessa naturally knew about it. She didn’t place much interest in it because the company Erin chose to work for was a very shabby one. When the company rose to fame however, Vanessa felt threatened once again. Just as Erin was about to surpass her, her company fell and crumbled.

Over two years had passed since they last met each other, but the dislike and rivalry they had for each other was still very much present. As such, the duo glared at each other with unbridled dislike.

Darius looked at the newcomer with curiosity. Vanessa was definitely worthy to be called a

goddess, with flawless skin, an hourglass figure and a very beautiful face. Although she was not as beautiful as Erin, she was very close.

From the way she called Erin’s name, he guessed that she probably knew Erin from somewhere. However from the way Erin responded to her presence, he wasn’t sure of was if they had a good relationship with each other.

“Fancy seeing you here Erin.” Vanessa said; a sickly sweet smile on her face.

“Same Vanessa. It’s been a while.” Erin replied flatly. “I was really shocked to see you here. I mean anything at this place is super costly; and last I heard you sold majority of your properties. How are you able to shop here?” Vanessa asked. Although it seemed like she was just asking a friendly question; that was far from the truth as anyone could hear the underlying mockery in her tone.

Erin frowned when she heard Vanessa’s question. It was obvious that Vanessa had looked into her for her to know that she sold majority of her properties. It annoyed her greatly. If she was alone, she wouldn’t mind giving Vanessa a piece of her mind, but now that she was with Darius, her employer, she decided to swallow her response. “I trust that you didn’t come here just to talk to me. As you can see, I am very busy, so I’ll be taking my leave. Please excuse me.” Erin said curtly.

Vanessa’s face turned red from embarrassment at Erin’s reply. She, who was more successful than Erin was being ignored by her?! She couldn’t accept it.