The Consortium’s Heir By Benjamin Jnr Chapter 44


    When Darius entered the hotel lobby, it was still as busy as it was before his arrival. Several luxuriously


    dressed people were still walking about having light discussions and lightughs from the discussions.


    Darius attracted a lot of attention as he walked. Many people already heard of his dramatic and ssy


    arrival from their friends who were outside when he arrived so the stares of surprise they gave when


    they saw him was natural.


    The students of Kingston University however where rendered speechless when heard about his arrival.


    The Darius Reid they knew was poor and could barely afford good clothing, so their shock when they


    saw him in the hotel lobby dressed very ssy was understandable.


    “Is that really Darius Reid?” Someone asked, his toneced with disbelief.


    “I’m sure it’s him!” Someone replied.


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    “But he looks so different.”


    “It’s him. I’m in the same Business Management department with him so there’s no way I could be


    mistaken. I’m one hundred percent sure that it’s him.” The two people weren’t the only ones having


    such conversations. Other people were also stunned by Darius’ new look. It felt very surreal to them.


    Darius paid the discussions and gossips about him no heed. Instead he walked to the stand were


    cocktails were kept and took a ss of wine for himself. After over thirty minutes had passed, everyone


    finally arrived to the g. Pearl Chambein, the third ranked beauty in Kingston University was


    among the people who camete to the g; therefore she missed the scene where Darius arrived


    dramatically.


    When everyone had arrived and were now waiting in the hotel lobby for the event to start, a middle


    aged man dressed exquisitely in a white suit pped his hands loudly, making the chatters in the lobby


    to die down. When he saw that he had sessfully garnered everyone’s attention, he spoke. “I thank


    you all for making the time despite your busy schedules toe to this charity g. As the name


    suggests, this is a charity g aimed to raise money for the less privileged and unfortunate children all


    around the world.”


    “This means that any money raised from this g is for the purpose of charity. I trust we will be kind


    enough to raise enough money to give these children a better life. Thank you once


    again.”


    Loud ps erupted from the audience when the man finished his speech. Darius himself pped


    louder than the rest. He could wholeheartedly empathize with the unfortunate children as he was one of


    them when he was growing up.


    As much as proving his ssmates wrong and showing everyone who looked down on him that he was


    no longer the same as before was satisfying, he also attended this g for the


    purpose of charity. Putting a smile on a sad child’s face was a noble deed and he was very d to be


    able to perform that noble deed.


    Darius was still sipping wine from the ss cup he took from the cocktail counter when a very beautiful


    lady walked up to him. Darius looked at thedy who walked up to him. She was very beautiful with


    long ck hair that was styled neatly, a very attractive face and an equally attractive body.


    As she walked up to Darius she garnered the attention of many people in the hall. Their attention was


    naturally fixed on Darius so when they saw ady walking up to him, and a very beautiful one at that


    they naturally turned their interest to both of them.


    Darius felt that thedy was very familiar and that he had encountered her before, but couldn’t ce


    where he had seen her.


    When thedy was within talking range of Darius, she smiled heartily before speaking up.


    “Hello Darius.”


    Darius took another sip of wine from the ss he held in his hands before replying. “Excuse me, have


    we met before?”


    Thedy had a hurt expression on her face, but it was only for a split second before her expression


    turned to normal.


    “You don’t remember me?” thedy asked in a slightly hurt tone. “No I don’t, sorry.” Darius replied. The


    lady sighed before speaking up. “It’s me, Helen, the girl you saved at the Armani store, remember?”


    Darius nearly dropped the ss of wine on the floor when he heard her response.


    This beautifuldy was Helen?!


    Of course he remembered Helen. However the image he had of her and what he saw now were


    completely different!


    The Helen he saw was definitely not as beautiful as this!


    He looked at Helen again and saw that she was staring at him closely. He coughed lightly before


    speaking up.


    “Ah yes. I remember you now. How have you been?”


    Helen smiled wholeheartedly again. She was incredibly d that her prince charming in Darius


    remembered her. More so, he even asked her how she was doing!


    “I’ve been fine thank you.” Together, the two of them made small talks. When everyone saw them


    talking and conversing with each other, they were shocked.


    Helen friends who hade with her were even more shocked than others. They had seen when


    Darius arrived in a very fancy sports car, so they knew that he was not someone on their level. How


    then could Helen, the poorest of the lot converse freely with him? Heck they even looked like they were


    long term friends!


    Darius finally ended the conversation with Helen and was once again staying on his own. He took


    another sip of wine from his ss cup when he heard the man’s announcement.


    “Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the main event of the charity g, the auction!” the man


    announced.


    The auction was the main event and highlight of every charity g. During the auction several items


    like paintings; sculptures and so on would be disyed for the audience to bid on. The highest bidder


    would then win the item while all the money generated would go to charity.


    The man pped his hand lightly and three men dressed in ck and white uniform appeared with an


    item that was covered with a cloth.


    The man signaled the uniformed men to remove the cloth from the item; and when they did so


    everyone, including Darius sucked in a cold breath.


    The item was an abstract painting of nature which was incredibly beautiful! Theplexity of the


    painting gave the artwork so much beauty that they were instantly smitten.


    “This is a painting by 11 year old Chekrav Russels. She titled it “The beauty of Nature.’ As you can see,


    it is an incredible stunning piece. It will be a great addition to your collections.” The man in charge of


    the auction exined.


    Everyone pped lightly when they heard the man’s information about the artwork. They all looked at


    the artwork with fire in their gazes. They were determined to get it.


    “This artwork is valued at $30,000 as its starting bid, with increments of no less than $1,000. Without


    further ado, we shall proceed with the auctioning of the artwork.”


    As soon as the manmenced the auctioning, the bidding war started. “$31,000!” “$32,000!”


    “$35,000!” Darius smiled when he heard their bidding prices. Didn’t they always look down on him


    because he was unable to donate $200 at thest charity g? This time around it won’t be the


    case.


    Two minutes passed and by now the bid had risen to $50,000.


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    “$50,000 going once! Twice! …” Just as the man was about to announce the third and final


    confirmation, a loud voice abruptly interrupted him.