She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 408

It felt like a thunderstrike. Lindsay realized she had crossed a line with Brandon, and her mind went blank. She had no idea how to fix this. "Brandon," she finally said, her voice shaky. "Even if I have a foreign passport, I'm still Osceitonian, okay? You don't need to question my-" But before she could say anything else, a staff member came over, saying the party had started and inviting them to take a seat. Brandon took a slow breath and said calmly, "Let's eat first. We will talk after."

He turned and walked away. However, the calmer he was, the more nervous Lindsay got.

She walked slowly, her mind racing. "What do I do now?"

This was serious. There was no way to smooth this over with a simple conversation.

Lindsay knew Brandon too well. She couldn't keep playing this game-she had to make a choice: either move forward with the immigration or stay with him.

She didn't hesitate. As she sat next to him, she whispered in his ear, "I want to move, but I love this country-and I love you. Since I can't have both, I choose you.

"I'm withdrawing my application tomorrow."

Brandon was quiet for a moment, surprised. He studied her carefully before asking, "Are you sure about this? You won't regret it?"

Lindsay nodded, her voice steady. "I'm sure. I've never regretted anything more than not choosing you sooner."

He looked at her for another beat before nodding. "Alright."

Lindsay let out a quiet sigh of relief. 'People change,' she thought. 'Maybe one day, Brandon will change his mind, too.'

Since Lindsay and Brandon were always so busy and she didn't visit the Donovan family much, no one really knew what was going on between them, or about the conversation they had just had

In early August, Zayn, who had been filming overseas, came back home after getting injured on set.

He had broken two ribs and couldn't continue filming, so he decided to rest at home while the production team filmed other scenes in the meantime.

When Athena heard about it, she insisted he come to her medical research institute for a checkup as soon as he got to Kitmore City.

but

If you follow the diet, rest up, and take it easy, you'll be back on

Zayn an injection, prescribed some medication, and then took

him. Zayn, as always, was restless. He picked up a script from the side, studying it

among the scripts. She picked it

"Zayn, you're into CEO

car and insisted I play the lead. I turned them down, though." Athena's

her chin. "Hmm, yeah, I can see it. If you put on a suit and cleaned up a bit, you would totally

no way I'm doing love scenes," Zayn insisted. Then, he asked, "Have you actually

into romance novels, but this one is actually pretty fun. I

while thinking to himself, 'I didn't expect Athena to be into these

me to read or even just

"Nah, I'm not interested,

not pushing it, but she

Zayn got back

couldn't do anything

his routine two hours of walking,

liked to go for a

s won

also liked going

sunglasses or waited until it was dark enough. So, even when Tina crossed paths with him, she never

it anymore. In a

practically ran over. "Zayn!" she shouted. "I'm Tina Tate, the author

you'd make a good Victor Dean? Are you tempted to play

back on. "I

couldn't believe it. "Wait, what? You haven't even given it a shot, how do you know if it's not

said. "I don't let anyone force me into stuff I don't want to