She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 346

Paityn was desperate to rush over, hug Josie, kiss her face, and tell her, "I'm your mother."

Sitting beside her, Saanvi said, "Athena's surrounded. You can get out now."

Paityn, wearing a sunhat and mask, opened the car door and looked toward Athena, who was about 100 feet away.

Athena and Maria had just gotten out of their car when a group of people rushed towards them, pointing cameras, camcorders, and phones at them, shouting loudly, "You're Zayn's sisters, right? We heard Zayn's relationship with the family isn't good. Is that true?" "We heard Zayn had a big fight with the family over who controls the earnings from his work. Is there any truth to that?"

"I have a gift for Zayn. Could you deliver it to him?"

The commotion quickly drew attention from the crowd, who began to gather and watch.

Taking advantage of the distraction, Paityn got out of the car and hurried over to Josie. She squatted down, showing Josie printed photos. "Josie, these are pictures of you before you were three years old. Do you remember any of them?"

Not wanting to scare her, Paityn refrained from saying she was her mother and instead tried to spark Josie's memory.

Josie didn't recognize her and stepped back warily. "Don't come any closer to Josie. This is a school. If you try to take me away, I'll scream for help."

Paityn said, "I'm not a bad person. I'm your family. Look at these photos and

video of herself and Alina celebrating

the photos and video with curiosity for a moment, but she

her arm. "You're the child in those pictures. Your real name is

"Ah! A bad person is trying

all eyes turned toward

swiftly pulled out her custom-made, high-power pepper

howled in agony, dropping their phones and cameras, clutching their eyes and

and angrily demanded, "How dare you try to abduct a child in broad daylight? Do you even care about the

"Get out of here. If I catch you bothering my child again, I'll make sure

idiot." Then she pushed through the crowd and loudly announced, "She's Josie's mother. She's here to reconnect with her. No one has the right to send her away." The crowd

screamed, "She's not my mom! This woman is a bad person, a kidnapper! The police should

fury ignited, and they began shouting at Paityn, How dare you pretend to be her mother and try to kidnap a child? You look

Josie's accusations felt like a knife to Paityn's heart. She could barely breathe

down her face, Paityn took off her sunglasses and lunged forward to embrace Josie, sobbing, Alina, I'm your mom. I'm your reat

louder, pressing her

all her might. "You're not my mom!

Josie into her arms and shielding her face from the cameras. "Ms. Shepard, watch your words. This is not the place for your outbursts.