She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 295

"Aren't you supposed to have a lot of time, Mrs. Graham?" Athena deliberately provoked her. "Why are you in such a hurry to leave without any hands?"

"You..." Farrah was furious, wanting to curse, but was silenced by Matthew's piercing gaze."

Athena's gaze swept across the faces of the people in front of her

Finally, her gaze landed on Nicolas's face as she spoke slowly and deliberately, "The answer is to prevent Mr. Graham from leaving, or rather, to avoid leaving Mr. Graham."

Other than Matthew, everyone else was curiosity and suspicion.

artled. They all turned to look at Nicolas in unison, their eyes filled with

Nicolas clearly didn't like this conclusion. He put down his coffee and stared seriously at Athena, his tone sharp. "Lockwood, please make yourself clear."

Athena said calmly, "The culprit drugged you to keep you from leaving and prevent you from enjoying yourself too much with your lovers outside."

Nicolas and the others were once again shocked by her conclusion.

Loreen gasped. "You mean the person drugging my dad has a crush on him and used such twisted methods to keep him at home?"

"If Mrs. Maggie divorced you, she'd leave the Graham family, and the culprit would also be forced to leave, never to see you again. So, the culprit made sure Mrs. Maggie could never divorce you. After you married Mrs. Farrah, instead of resenting or being jealous of her, the

of them gasped softly, instinctively turning their

her knees, with her eyes lowered.

she remained

you're talking about can't be this

to the question. She stated, "The murderer doesn't want to marry Mr. Graham or gain

similar to a

live like a normal family. If we must

So, she never showed any affection for Mr. Graham and had no intimate contact or behavior with him, which allowed her motives

back in his chair as if trying to create distance between himself and Adele who sat diagonally across

with Nicolas." Adele kept her head down, remaining silent. Only her body trembled slightly, leaving others uncertain about her feelings. Athena ignored

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keep her intention lifden, she likely noticed it. She might have attempted to persuade Mrs. Maggie not to go through with the divorce, but when that failed, she chose to make Mrs. Maggie disappear. After Mrs. Maggie's death, she remained in

uncomfortabile as he countered. "I've only been frequently ill or faced accidents in the last five or six years. Before that, I was doing perfectly fine. If the murderer is as you say, why

as well," Athena replied. "One principle of detective reasoning is that if you can't determine who the real murderer is, you can start by assuming someone is the murderer and then work backward from that conclusion to deduce the murderer's motives, methods, and

Adele, her expression neutral and devoid of emotion. "First of all, she fell ill right after Mrs. Maggie's incident and spent several years recovering. Secondly, Mr. Matthew and his

to feel emotionally and psychologically fulfilled. In the end, after Mr. Matthew and his sister had been investigating for over a decade without finding any new clues, they began to