She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

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Athena replied without thinking: [I'm not taking it on. I'm too busy.]

To publish the book, she had been editing "The Case Chronicles of Detective Lockwood Holmes recently. She had

just finished editing it yesterday and submitted it. Now, she just wanted to rest.

She did not sign a contract with the website and refused to reveal her identity in the past few years because she

was not 18 years old yet. If she wanted to sign a contract, a guardian would have to do it for her. However, the

Kennedy family was her guardian at that time. She did not want to let them know about this.

Now that she was over 15 years old, she could sign the documents herself. So when the editor-in-chief of the

website again offered to sign a contract with her, she said she would consider it

At that time, the editor-in-chief could not believe it and kept asking her, "Really?" and "If you don't keep your

word, I'll jump off a building."

It was not until Athena added his iMessage that he believed it was true. He was shocked by Athena's age and

talent that he was speechless for a long time. He could only send a bunch of "amazed" emojis to express his

admiration.

Of course

the website gave Athena very generous conditions, including helping her with various copyrights, promoting her

work as best as they could, and putting her opinions first. Their commission was also the lowest in the industry.

The website only had one condition. The Case Chronicles of Detective Lockwood Holmes" could only be serialized

on their website, including all follow-ups to the book. They would also have priority on Athena's next work under

the sconditions. Seeing how sincere the editor-in-chief was, Athena readily agreed. Her only requirement

was for them to keep her identity a secret for the tbeing. Other than the employee who needed to sign the

contract, the website could not reveal her identity to anyone unless she gave her permission After all, Athena's

main job was a scientist, and the rest were jobs on the side. If her identity were exposed, many fans, publishers,

and film companies would clooking for her. It would affect her scientific research.

It was not easy for the editor-in-chief to sign someone as good as Athena so he could not put on a tough act

After receiving Athena's reply, the editor-in-chief immediately texted: [Okay. I'll pass it on.]

Soon, Anabel received a reply that "Lockwood" refused to take on the missing people case. She felt very

regretful. Anabel

However, she didn't force the issue. She simply told them to inform "Lockwood" that her request was long-

standing and that he could contact her at any tif he changed his mind.

Then, Ana

for no reason

| fell into a dilemma, not knowing what to do next. After suffering such a huge loss, she didn't want to give up

At this moment, Juliet suggested, "Why don't we tell Mr. Graham secretly about what is suspicious about Joy and

let him investigate it himself? Even if Mr. Graham knows Joy's background, he might not know how dangerous

she is." Anabel thought for a moment and smiled, "That's a good idea

The next day, Matthew received an anonymous letter.

The letter stated that someone admired Joy and secretly sent people to Uroterin and Aeloria to investigate Joy.

However, the people they sent disappeared mysteriously and they could not find out anything. The police could

not locate the missing persons after a long time. The letter even advised Matthew to be careful.

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Matthew smiled after reading it and handed the letter to Louis. Burn it and stay away from Joy."

Louis's expression becsolemn after scanning the letter. "Yes, sir."

Curiosity killed the cat. Although Matthew was powerful, he didn't need to interfere in the private affairs of

unrelated people unless they affected or threatened him.

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Athena did not know how dangerous a case she had rejected. After resting at hfor two days, she went to

school to take the midterm exams.

As she rarely cto the school and was not penalized for it, a few students in the class were dissatisfied with

this and felt that she was given special privileges and that the school had double standards.

However, when the results were out, the entire class was stunned.

A girl exclaimed. "Full marks for all of them? No way. She was only here for a few classes. Did she cheat?"

A boy remarked. | didn't believe it either, so | went to check Athena's exam papers. There were no problems with

them."

Someone said, "Although she has a brain like us, the difference between our intelligence is enormous."

All the students sighed in unison. From then on, no one complained about Athena's frequent absence from

school.

Athena left the classroom after receiving the results. She played with her phone while heading to the library,

intending to borrow a few books hto read.

When she walked along the tree-lined path at the side of the library, she suddenly sensed something and

stopped in her tracks. She put down her phone and looked ahead.

A tall and straight figure in a military uniform seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He strode toward her

steadily.

The warm sunlight fell on him adoringly like bees drawn to the fragrance of flowers. It surrounded hirm like a

halo, as if this way, they would not be swallowed by the darkness.

As he approached, Athena had a feeling.

The young man in front of her was like a mountain. Even though he looked ordinary, he still retained an

indomitable aura and bearing. He was also like a pillar in the deep ocean. No matter how big were the waves

that washed up against him, nothing could knock him down. Athena was stunned for a moment

The young man quickly walked to Athena, stood at attention, and saluted to her. His voice was powerful, yet

warm and gentle. "Hello, Athena. I'm your third brother, Zayn Donovan. Its a pleasure to meet you."

Athena straightened and saluted too. She said loudly, "Hello, Zayn. I'm Athena. It's an honor to meet you."

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