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.

fracture wasn't too serious, but he

the diet, rest up, and take it easy, you'll be back on your feet

injection, prescribed some

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

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

an eyebrow. "Zayn, you're into CEO

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,

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

and no way I'm doing love scenes," Zayn insisted. Then, he

really into romance novels, but this one is actually pretty

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

got nothing else to do. Want me to read

his head. "Nah, I'm not interested, not reading,

it,

got back

he couldn't do

still stuck to his routine two hours of walking,

Tate also liked to go for a

s won

liked

every time Zayn went out, he either wore a wig 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

shouted. "I'm Tina

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

wig and put it back on. "I haven't read it, and I'm not planning to act

You haven't even given it a shot, how do you know if it's

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