She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

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Athena replied softly. "You would be at the center of the power struggle. You were still a child back then. It would do you good with such immense wealth."

She paused before continuing thoughtfully. "In comparison, your sister was already an adult then. Additionally, the possibility of her inheriting the Graham Group was not high. Your mother made the wise choice of letting her take responsibility." "You're indeed smart" Matthew sighed heavily in front of Athens for the first time. "My sister could only agree to the marriage alliance, but she had a condition. That was for her to be the CEO of the Graham Group. What happened after i was pretty much like what the media said." Athena's eyelashes trembled slightly, concealing her lamentation Married or divorced, legends like Lucy had no free will.

Thinking of that, she suddenly thought of the Donovan family

The Donovan family and the Graham family were complete opposites.

des

downed the champagne in his glass. "My sister only had me and her career left after her divorce. To pave the way for me, she didn't hesitate to offend the founding members of the Graham Group. She also secretly nurtured and promote a large number of trusted A heavy silence loomed in the air before Matthew continued sadly," She was eventually forced out of the board after her. run-in with the other directors got to the point of being irreparable. She sensed the crisis in advance and arranged for me i join the Graham Group timely. She had been preparing for me to succeed her." Athena nodded silently Matthew spoke again. "A few months later, she got into a car accident. As for me, I succeeded in her place just like she had arranged At that he at point, the picked up the champagne bottle and steadily poured it for Athena and himself. Then, he raised his glass and looked at her "In the past five year, Ive dug out many suspects, but I can't confirm the murderer. Athena, would you tell me what you'd do if you were in Athena looked back at him. Not long after, she clenched her fists and said decisively. "If I were you, I would think of all these suspects as murderers and beat them up one by one. If I got the right suspect, it would mean I got my revenge. If not, I'd still feel good to vent my anger on all of them. It'd I do me no harm

Matthew was initially slightly stunned by what Athena said. Then, he raised his hand to his forehead and Laughed softly

Matthew could not contain his laughter. It got louder each time,

He got to the point of almost slapping the table's edge as he laughed. "You indeed know me well!

Athena blinked her beautiful almond-shaped eyes and looked at him dazedly.

was surprised at how he did not restrain his

her words

were no other patrons around them. It seemed like Matthew had reserved one whole floor of the restaurant. Louis was the only one around. He was hiding in

raised his head and sat straight. He stared at Athena. A deep spark was escalating in his eyes. It was

His gaze was strange.

and returned to his usual noble self. "Athena, my confidant!

glass and clinked it with

for

ate heartily. The steak and cake

devoid after listening to other people's stories. She could feel her empty stomach. She picked up her knife and fork. She ate her meat and

It was from Daniel.

her promise to update "The Case Chronicles of Detective Lockwood Holmes in three days. It would be

his reminder, she would have

There were more than 100,000 dollars in tips from readers

stay up at night and complete the fifth

she would continue to work on the sixth chronicle right after the fifth. Athena was speechless. She was eighteen and just got out of high school. She wondered if Daniel thought of her as someone with life experience vast enough to have endless chronicles to write about, Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat. in her

A thought occurred in

It's quite popular. Would you mind if I wrote about your case? If possible, I'll write about our investigative methods, the process, and the clues we have discovered until now. It might catch the

continuing. "Of course. I'll make the necessary adjustments to

guess I'm writing about

However, won't like it if the murderer decides to target you. Therefore, let me handle this matter. You