She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 180

Athena returned to school from Asnaoya on a Friday,

She originally planned to head straight home, but there was a quiz in her class that evening. Since she had already taken a week off at the beginning of the semester, she figured she should at least show up for a bit. What she didn't expect was to immediately stumble upon Alaric, who was gearing up for an argument. Of course, it was a small I matter, easily

resolved.

After the quiz, she drove Alaric home. By the time they got home, it was already past 10 PM. Josie had gone to bed, while the adults were having a late-night snack. chatting, and watching TV. By II, everyone dispersed to their roorns, The The next morning,

the who after whole family had breakfast together, Maria went back to her classes, Alaric headed to school for a team match against other schools, and the rest of the family went to help out at the restaurant.

When Alaric went to school, he brought along a lunchbox that his family had prepared for him.

That lunchbox caught the attention of his classmates, becoming another piece of "evidence" of his family's financial struggles.

As he

played

I basketball in the indoor gym, some girls who came to watch started whispering. "Athena brought a lunchbox from home on the day she registered too. Looks like their family really is poor, too afraid to even spend money on eating "Alas, no matter how handsome or nice he is, if his family's too poor, it's just not going to work..." "Theard from

in

ard from someone in the club that Alaric's not having much luck with the national basketball draft. He might not make it into the national team, and if that's the case, even if he joins a club, his market value won't be that high." "Yeah, if an athl athlete can't m

Daisy frowned as she listake it to the national team or top-tier professional games, there's really no future."

listened.

If Alaric's family really was that poor, she'd have to seriously reconsider her options.

If Alaric really couldn't make it to the national team and had no future, then no matter how reluctant she felt, Daisy would have no choice but to blacklist him.

That was the the only

"A man can't be poor. hope

Alaric can pull through."

prayer she could make in her heart.

At noon, the match ended with the University of Technology winning again.

His teammates dragged Alaric out for a meal, but he refused, saying. "I brought my own food from home, so I'm not going

Everyone chimed in. "What's so great about home-cooked food? Come on, let's eat out. It's on us."

Alaric insisted, "My family's cooking is really good, way better than what you get at school or restaurants."

They all thought he was just trying to save face and reluctant to admit his family's financial situation, so they didn't push the issue and continued to drag him along. Daisy and a few other girls followed them as well.

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Others, though, were more cunous, wanting to see just how hardside really was

"It's no big deal" several guys encouraged, Tribe more for without the adults around. Once we're there we can seder takeout. Your family won't have to serve us "We can pick up snacks on the way! Daisy suggested, seizing the moment. "Once we get to your house, we can ear playing games. It'll be fun Alaric couldn't refuse them any longer. "Fine, but you have to help dean up afterward

"Deal" they all chimed in "We promise we won't be a basile"

Alric counted. There are £een of us, so we'll take taxis."

Daby und. I have a car. You can ride with me"

"No thanks. Save your car for the girls. The guys will take cabs." Alaric said

Soon they split into four cars and, under Alaric's lead, set off with excitement

The rumors about the Donovan family's poverty were well known around camps, so no one asked where Alaric Eved to avoid embarrassing him. several times to buy barbecued mean snack been pannions and fruiting downs of bags

They stopped

However, as they continued, something felt off.

This road didn't lead to the old town.

Someone in the group chat sent a message: [Alaric, are you too busy playing with your phone and went she wrong

Alanc replied: [No, just go over the slope ahead and you're there!

No one believed him

Some said, "Vento Street is far from here. How could going over a hill get us there?"

"Is Alaric trying to save fire by leading us somewhere else on purpose?"

They looked ahead

They saw the taxi Alaric was in go over the long slope, take a ride onto Lakeside Road, and stop in front of an impressive

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Why did Alaric park there? Did the taxi break down?" someone asked.

Daisy was about to call Alaric when she saw him and the others get out of the car, waving to the other cars, signaling them to

stop.

The girl sitting in the same car as Daisy opened the chat group and posted: [Alaric's taxi broke down. He said they're almost home though, I'm going to start live streaming now.] She was Zoe's favorite jealous friend.

The girl was jealous of Athena, frustrated that she couldn't get a guy like Alaric. She jumped at every chance to stir up

trouble.

So, easily swayed by Zoe. The girl started livestreaming in the game group made up entirely of classmates, without anyone knowing it was her.

Since she had already given a heads-up in the group earlier, a lot of people were waiting to watch.

As soon as she started, the group chat lit up with excitement. [Make sure to stream the whole thing! Don't stop. It's the school heartthrob's house. Who wouldn't want to see what it looks like?] She replied: [There are too many people around me, so I won't talk, just watch for yourselves.] Everyone in the group agreed: [No problem!]

The girl held her phone tightly, angling the camera outside without letting her companions know she was streaming.

Meanwhile, Zoe, using a virtual account, logged into the campus network and was streaming the entire event too. SEND GIFT