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.

too serious, but he would still need about two months to

got some special meds here. If you follow the diet, rest up, and take it easy,

an injection, prescribed some medication,

and Athena sat in the back with him. Zayn, as always, was restless. He picked

a novel with a fancy cover hidden among the scripts. She picked it up and saw the

you're into CEO novels?

read this. Someone just shoved it in my car and insisted I play the lead. I turned them down, though." Athena's

If you put on a suit and cleaned up a bit, you

playing a vile man, and no way I'm doing love scenes," Zayn insisted. Then,

not really into romance novels, but

didn't expect Athena

read or even just tell you the story to pass the

I'm not

Athena said, not pushing it, but she couldn't help

Zayn got

he couldn't do anything

to his routine two hours of walking,

also liked to go for a walk at

s won

also liked going for

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

got so unbearable that Zayn just couldn't take it anymore. In a split

him right away and practically ran over. "Zayn!" she shouted. "I'm Tina Tate,

over. "Do you think you'd make

wig and put it back on. "I haven't read

it a shot, how do you know if it's not a good fit

Zayn said. "I don't let anyone force