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.

showed his fracture wasn't too serious, but he would

special meds here. If you follow the diet, rest up, and

some medication, and then

in the back with him. Zayn, as always, was restless. He picked up

with a fancy cover hidden among the scripts. She picked it up and saw the title: "Beauty and the

an eyebrow. "Zayn, you're into CEO novels? Never

then quickly shook his head. "I don't like it! I've never read this. Someone just shoved it in my car and insisted I play the lead. I turned them down, though." Athena's eyes widened. "Wait, are you telling me someone

her hand on her chin. "Hmm, yeah, I can see it. If you put on

way I'm doing love scenes," Zayn insisted. Then, he asked,

read it. I'm not really into romance novels, but this one is actually pretty fun. I can see

thinking to himself, 'I didn't expect Athena to be into these kinds of books. What's so

Want me to read or

I'm not interested, not reading,

said, not pushing it, but she couldn't

got back

couldn't

two hours of walking, morning

liked to go for a

s won

Tate also liked going for

sunglasses or waited until it was dark enough. So, even

Zayn just couldn't take it anymore. In a split second, he yanked the wig off,

over. "Zayn!" she shouted. "I'm Tina Tate, the author of "Beauty and the Boss". Have you finished the book

bubbling over. "Do you think you'd make a good Victor Dean? Are you tempted to

quickly grabbed the wig and put it back on. "I haven't read it, and

it a shot, how do you

not doing it," Zayn said. "I don't