Chapter 612

"And? What do you think about it?" Zachary asked.

"I want to continue being your friend, but I'm afraid of my mom. If you don't mind, can we be friends in secret?" Darren looked at Zachary pitifully, worried that the latter wouldn't agree to it.

Zachary thought Darren was kind and was glad he hadn't wasted his time teaching Darren mathematics for nothing.

"Sure," he answered.

When Darren heard that, he was ecstatic. He wanted to say something else, but he suddenly heard a sharp voice asking, "Darren, why are you talking to him here?"

Malcolm approached them with a bunch of kids.

"N-Nothing." Darren was afraid of Tina, not Malcolm.

Tina had said that the Torres family couldn't afford to offend the Lanes and that Malcolm was the Lanes' precious child. If Darren offended Malcolm, the latter would complain to his family, and the Torres' business would be doomed.

When Malcolm noticed Darren's reaction, he was pleased. "In that case, get lost."

If they were to fight, he wouldn't b