She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 180

Athena returned to school from Asnaoya on a Friday,

She originally planned to head straight home, but there was a quiz in her class that evening. Since she had already taken a week off at the beginning of the semester, she figured she should at least show up for a bit. What she didn't expect was to immediately stumble upon Alaric, who was gearing up for an argument. Of course, it was a small I matter, easily

resolved.

After the quiz, she drove Alaric home. By the time they got home, it was already past 10 PM. Josie had gone to bed, while the adults were having a late-night snack. chatting, and watching TV. By II, everyone dispersed to their roorns, The The next morning,

the who after whole family had breakfast together, Maria went back to her classes, Alaric headed to school for a team match against other schools, and the rest of the family went to help out at the restaurant.

When Alaric went to school, he brought along a lunchbox that his family had prepared for him.

That lunchbox caught the attention of his classmates, becoming another piece of "evidence" of his family's financial struggles.

As he

played

I basketball in the indoor gym, some girls who came to watch started whispering. "Athena brought a lunchbox from home on the day she registered too. Looks like their family really is poor, too afraid to even spend money on eating "Alas, no matter how handsome or nice he is, if his family's too poor, it's just not going to work..." "Theard from

in

ard from someone in the club that Alaric's not having much luck with the national basketball draft. He might not make it into the national team, and if that's the case, even if he joins a club, his market value won't be that high." "Yeah, if an athl athlete can't m

Daisy frowned as she listake it to the national team or top-tier professional games, there's really no future."

listened.

If Alaric's family really was that poor, she'd have to seriously reconsider her options.

If Alaric really couldn't make it to the national team and had no future, then no matter how reluctant she felt, Daisy would have no choice but to blacklist him.

That was the the only

"A man can't be poor. hope

Alaric can pull through."

could make in

with the University of

for a meal, but he refused, saying. "I brought my own food from home, so I'm not

in. "What's so great about home-cooked food? Come on, let's eat out. It's on

cooking is really good, way better than what you get at

save face and reluctant to admit his family's financial situation, so they didn't push the issue and continued to drag him along. Daisy and a few other girls

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the time they fished eating in was already post or in

the guyn pot

Alex's shoulders and

by not just go to your place

house. It's the weekend, and we

hesitated. "Everyone in my family on working and won't be back line if we go now to the will be bome to welcome you cook or entertain you fill be really boring" With so many customers at the restaurant, he knew there would be space if he suddenly begin from over and mom and the others would be too bang to help. Hearing this, everyone thought. The Donovan family really is pee. They have to work all day on Saturday and won't be back

in the future.

him in

more cunous, wanting to see just how

up snacks on the way! Daisy suggested, seizing the moment. "Once we get to your house, we can ear playing games. It'll be fun Alaric couldn't refuse them any longer. "Fine, but you have to

in "We

counted. There are £een of

a car. You can ride with

the girls.

into four cars and, under Alaric's lead, set

about the Donovan family's poverty were well known around camps, so no one asked where Alaric Eved to avoid embarrassing him. several times to buy barbecued mean snack been pannions and

They stopped

they continued,

didn't lead to the

message: [Alaric, are you too busy

over the slope

No one believed him

far from here. How could going over a

save fire by leading us somewhere