She Outshines Them All



The power of theizens was limitless.

Theizens quickly found out: [My relative works in the police department. Back then, he also participated in Zilvia's disappearance case. He confirmed that Zilvia is a Donovan.]

[Zilvia should be 22 years old now, just like Athena. In other words, Zilvia is Athena's sister...I'm not sure if she's an older or younger sister...] This news once again caused a sensation on the inte. It exploded on all major websites and online platforms.

[As expected, the cases in the series, 'Lockwood's Detective Diary,' have prototypes. Lockwood's stories must be cases that he has heard of, seen, or even experienced. Does this mean that Lockwood is investigating or has already found out the cause and effect of Zilvia's disappearance?]

Journalists and the media were constantly asking the Donovan family questions.

It went from asking questions online to asking questions in real life, from asking questions about Zayn and Luna to asking questions about Donovan's Restaurant and Donovan's Farmland. The hype around the Donovans was huge.

Athena then used Lockwood's account to make a statement: [Many years ago, there was indeed a child missing in our family. The story "The Mystery of the Missing Young Genius" is based on this case. Sadly, this case has not been cracked in reality, so I made up the story of how the case was solved.]

[Please don't treat the part I made up as reality.]

Readers and reporters pressed: [Have you ever tried finding your sister? What insights do you have into Zilvia's disappearance? Do you think you can find her?]

Athena had only one answer to these questions: [Our family has never given up searching for Zilvia, but we haven't found her yet.]

[I'm just a novelist. I can't decide to search and find our missing sibling.]

After that, Athena closed the comments and did not explain herself to anyone else.

However, she received a call from Joy.

Joy's voice was cold. "Why are you going public with Zilvia's case? What are you trying to achieve?"

Athena sneered, "What does my writing about Zilvia's case have to do with you? You were born and raised in Aeloria with the Rose family. Who do you think you are to interfere with my novel?"

Joy choked and couldn't say anything. She realized that she had no right to stop anyone from publicizing Zilvia's case.

Joy choked for a few seconds and could only say, "The Donovan family had lost a child. If you continue writing about it, I'm afraid they'll suffer more than just the loss of their child."

With that, she hung up.

Athena glared at the phone screen with a gloomy expression.

Of course, she knew that exposing Zilvia's case would not benefit the Donovan family. However, Claire had already met Joy. Athena did not believe that her mother could hold back from seeing Joy and investigating her background.

Instead of letting her mother meet Joy in private and causing any trouble with her investigation, Athena preferred to publicize this case and allow her mother to follow her train of thought so that she would not have to investigate on her own.

Besides, it had been so many years. The Donovan family was no longer the same. It was time for them to deal with this case.

In any case, this case was sensational. It would blow up sooner or later, so Athena might as well expose it.

If Athena was the one to make it go viral, at least she was prepared.

After some thought, Athena put down her phone and sat in front of her computer to update the Mystery of the Missing Young Genius.

Unlike her previous rapid updates, she was now uploading a chapter every day and writing slowly.

For the past few days, she had been writing about Lockwood accepting the Stevens family's commission to start investigating the case from ten years ago.Lockwood first investigated the police case in detail, then met with the Stevens family individually to understand their movements before and after Lara's disappearance.

The readers were reading through the updates fast but were not that much in a hurry.

[The author is so weird. Previously, Lockwood wrote more than 2000 words every day. The story would end before the readers could digest the story. Now, he's writing two to three thousand words a day. It's got me so anxious.]

[The book about solving a crime should be written slowly. All kinds of clues need to be written down, and interpersonal relationships need explaining. A lot must be thought through. Only then will it be interesting for the readers to analyze and solve the case.]

[Lockwood won't write randomly. Perhaps an inconspicuous sentence or an inadvertent character is the foundation or even the key to the mystery. Everyone read carefully and see who finds the suspect first...]

Amidst the online discussions, the Donovan family received invitations to Nicolas' birthday banquet. Other than the two elder gentlemen, everyone else received an invite.

Members of the Donovan family looked at their invitations, looked at each other, and wondered if they would attend.

The Donovan and Graham families did not interact much with each other. They also did not want to have any dealings with a top-notch wealthy family like the Graham family.

However, Matthew had already announced his relationship with Athena. Now, the two families were connected in some way. Perhaps they would even become in-laws in the future.

Every member was deeply considering whether they would attend or not.

When Athena returned, everyone asked for her opinion. She smiled and said, "Matthew and Nicolas don't have a good relationship. They recently had a fallout. Nicolas has ill intentions for this birthday banquet.

"Not only does Matthew want to go, but he also wants to slap Nicolas in public. I will accompany him.

"If you want to watch the show or are not afraid of being bullied by the Graham family, come with me. Otherwise, just stay at home and be on the lookout for gossip."

When Wesley heard that, he said, "Is Nicolas still trying to bully you?"

Athena nodded. "Definitely. Of course, and I'm not afraid."

"Then I must go!" Wesley waved his hand and made a prompt decision. "If anyone else is thinking of bullying my daughter, of course, I hav to go and protect her."

Claire hugged his arm. "Yes, I think so too."

Brandon sneered. "I have to go. Don't blame me for not giving face to anyone who bullies my sister."

Jaden said unhurriedly, "I'll go. I'm interested to see the banquets of the top wealthy families. I'll take it as an eye-opener."

Arthur raised his hand. "I want to broaden my horizons too."

Claire chimed, "I want to go too."Belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

Josie looked at everyone and raised her small hand. "If everyone goes, then I will go, too."

Athena said, "That family is very fierce. They might bully all of us. Won't you be afraid?"

Josie shrank her little head and said bravely, "No, I'm not afraid. You guys will be around to protect me."

Athena smiled. "Alright, let's go together."

Everyone was ready to go because such a banquet could really broaden one's horizons.

Two days later, in the afternoon, the Donovan family put on branded or custom-made new clothes, boarded a private plane and went to the Graham family mansion together.

At this moment, the Graham family mansion was wiped clean from top to bottom. The curtains, carpet,

cutlery, and many pieces of decore

had been replaced. Even every tree, flower, and blade of grass seemed to have been carefully taken care of. The mansion looked spectacular, imposing, and elegant.

All kinds of wine and delicacies filled the hall and back garden.

As one approached the huge mansion, you could smell the fragrance of flowers and wine in the air.

When the sun had set, all kinds of luxury cars were parked on the roadside and empty spaces around the Graham mansion. Those who didn't know what was going on would probably think that a large-scale luxury car exhibition was being held here.

Male guests in suits and leather shoes with bejeweled females in their arms kept getting out of the luxury cars and stepping into the Graham family mansion with an extraordinary aura.

The reporters who had been invited to the birthday banquet and were allowed to report on it looked at the endless stream of guests and sighed. "I've never seen so many celebrities and big shots in my life!"

A guest asked, "What do you think Mr. Graham is trying to do by inviting so many guests and publishing the guest list in the newspapers and online?"

Another responded, "There are more

than a thousand guests, and not a single one of them is a nobody. The newspapers have published the

guest list on two full pages. The

entire Inte is going through each name. They even joke about the celebrities who were too unpopular not to get invited. They won't be as confident in the future."

A female guest pointed out. "Did you guys notice? The Donovan family was invited, even though some members of the Graham family

would never accept Athena.

Graham invited the entire Donovan family to this birthday banquet because... I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Someone stated excitedly, "There's going to be a good show tonight!"