The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

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.

She was about to retort but Erin had already made her way to the counter with Darius. It was then

Vanessa noticed Erin wasn’t here alone. She was too focused on Erin that she didn’t notice that she was

here with a person. She tried to get a closer look at the person because his back was turned to her when

the person suddenly looked at her.

Vanessa jaw dropped when she saw the person’s face clearly. He was extremely attractive! She

wondered how Erin managed to get someone so attractive by her side.

“The total cost would be $2.4 million.” The cashier said.

Both Erin and Vanessa sucked in a cold breath when they heard the price.

$2.4 million?! That was way higher than Vanessa’s yearly earning!

As far as Vanessa knew, Erin could definitely not afford that much. How come she now selected several

outfits amounting to that much?

Darius was the only one not moved by the high price. He was about to hand over his debit card to the

cashier when Vanessa walked up to the counter. The cashier instantly paled from shock when she saw

Vanessa.

“Manager Vanessa!”

“Hello Windt.” Vanessa greeted the cashier before turning to face Erin.

“Do you take the staff at this store for fools, Erin Chrysalis?” Vanessa demanded in a haughty tone.

Erin frowned at Vanessa’s words.

“What do you mean by that?” Erin asked indignantly.

The total sum of the outfits you selected amounts to $ 24 million, but you can’t even afford a $500 outfit.

Do you think you can make fun of us workers at the store.” Vanessa asked, annoyance evident in her

tone

Erin blushed red in anger and shame at Vanessa’s words. How shameless could she be to expose her

financial conditions so easily in public? Darius frowned at Vanessa’s words. Although he had no idea the

two of them shared, he felt that Vanessa had indeed gone too far with her words. “That is no way to

speak to a customer. As the Manager of this store shouldn’t you be mindful of your words?” Darius said

in a reproachful tone. “Customer? A customer that can’t even afford the cheapest outfit in this store is not

worthy to be called a customer.” Vanessa said rudely while glaring at Erin

“And if we can afford it?” Darius retorted, glaring at Vanessa as he spoke. He did not like the way she

spoke to Erin. She was now his employee, therefore he wanted her to be treated with respect

“Ha! If both of you can afford such a sum, then I will kneel on the floor and apologize for my rudeness!”

Vanessa exclaimed. She strongly believed that the duo could not afford such a sum and was only saying

such to put on airs.

Darius smiled knowingly before handing the debit card to the cashier. As the cashier collected the card

and swiped the card on the machine, Vanessa gazed at the machine intensely. She expected to see a

red light showing that the payment had been declined; however what she saw was a green light instead,

indicating that the payment was successful.

Erin was not shocked that Darius was able to pay $2.4 million easily, as she knew his identity.

Unfortunately that wasn’t the case with Vanessa She had no idea what Darius identity was, which was

why she made such a rash bet with him. If she knew his identity she would never make such a rash bet

with him!

Darius looked at Vanessa with a confident gaze. He disliked people who looked down on others,

therefore he felt glad now that Vanessa was put in her place.

Vanessa expected Darius to ask her to fulfil her promise, and was thinking up excuses on how to avoid

such humiliation as she was the manager of the store, but Darius did nothing of the sort. He just

collected his card and the outfits he purchased before exiting the store with Erin, leaving a humiliated

Vanessa behind.