She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 145

"Miss Acevedo, you're being dramatic," Anabel chuckled. "I'm a law-abiding citizen. I wouldn't do something like that"

Instead of looking relieved, Madalyn pressed on with her questions. "You mean ruin my looks? Lock me up? Hire someone to take nude photos of me? Or leave me disabled?" Anabel laughed lightly. "Miss Acevedo, your imagination is quite vivid. But it's not vivid enough."

She sipped her coffee slowly. For example, you might imagine that Matthew loves you so much that the Graham and Powell families wouldn't dare to touch you, but they could go after the people around you. Of course, you could choose to live a solitary life, having nothing but Matthew. "No family, no relatives, no friends, no colleagues, no servants, and so on."

"You can also picture everyone around you scheming against you, ensuring you never find peace, and so on."

Madalyn's expression hardened, and she pursed her lips, remaining silent.

Anabel poured out the cold coffee from Madalyn's cup and filled it with hot coffee. Then she asked nonchalantly, "Miss Acevedo, cam you agree to my terms?"

Madalyn didn't think long before she replied bluntly. "Sure.

"But I have to ask, if I divorce Matthew after we get married or if I leave him after having his child, can those three conditions be nullified?"

Anabel smiled. "My conditions are non-negotiable."

Madalyn closed her eyes for a moment and then said calmly, "I understand. I'll adhere to those three conditions."

"You're indeed a clever one," Anabel smiled. "You can go now."

Without saying another word, Madalyn quickly left the coffee shop, got into her car, and drove away. No one followed her.

Instead of returning to her previous apartment, she checked into a hotel, sleeping soundly until dawn. Afterward, while taking a bath, she called Louis and recounted the details of her meeting with Anabel.

Once Louis finished listening, he ended the speakerphone call and turned to Matthew.

Matthew remained silent, walking to the window, hands casually tucked into his pockets, gazing down at the blue lake outside, deep in thought.

sofa, quietly tapping away on

it was time and set down his laptop, poured a glass of

with his "girlfriend" recently, not just to express his stance to the Graham and

understanding the families' limits and reactions could Matthew make a more

eyes, took the champagne from Louis, and

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if he had always lived with the Donovan family. "Wesley is

exceptionally well. He's professional, diligent, leads by example, gets involved at the grassroots level, empathizes with employees, and connects well with homeowners, merchants, construction workers, and partners. The entire company trusts him. rented a 4,300 sq ft house on Hill Boulevard near Mid-Level Mountain Garden. She's renovating it to open a private dining restaurant, and Arthur is still helping his mom start a business Maria has joined Miss Yonder's design studio as

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small bank to contract the village's wasteland and abandoned hills, but unfortunately, he was denied because of his ex-girlfriend's interference. "The others are still busy outside and haven't come home

eyes and

once a week for special lessons." Louis didn't know why Matthew suddenly mentioned this and thought he

Art College was the best-specialized school

well-known jewelry designers and stylists had trained under him. Having him personally teach Maria would certainly make a huge difference in

continued, "Contact the bank and expedite the loan for Jaden,

Louis nodded. "Understood."

Matthew adde

become the owner of Bard Property." It wasn't that he looked down on Wesley, but rather that in big business, especially real estate,

Louis nodded again. "Yes."

an eye on the Donovan family and help them secretly

sensed that Matthew's plans were not

a simple "Yes," then adjusted his glasses and asked. "While helping the Donovan family is our responsibility and duty, is there any deeper meaning behind your sudden