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.

serious, but

"I've got some special meds here. If you follow the diet, rest

gave Zayn an injection, prescribed some medication, and then took

Zayn, as always, was restless. He picked up a script

noticed a novel with a fancy cover hidden among the scripts. She picked

"Zayn, you're into CEO novels? Never

read this. Someone just shoved it in my car and insisted I play

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

a vile man, and no way I'm doing love scenes," Zayn insisted. Then, he asked, "Have you actually read

grinned. "Yeah, I've read it. I'm not really into romance novels, but this one is actually pretty fun.

muttered, "Oh, okay," while thinking to himself, 'I didn't expect Athena to be into these kinds of books. What's so special

do. Want me to read or even just tell you the story

"Nah, I'm

not pushing it, but she couldn't help

got

couldn't

two hours of walking, morning and night. Funny

to go for a

s won

also liked going for walks at

wore a wig and sunglasses or waited until it was dark enough. So, even when Tina crossed

heat got so unbearable that Zayn just couldn't take it anymore. In a split second, he yanked the wig off, done with

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

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

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

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

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