Before Novalie left, someone came and said to Xanthus politely, “Sir, we’re here to pick you up. Please have a seat in the car.”


    Xanthus looked up and saw the car. He looked back at Novalie and said, “Grandma, let’s go.”


    Novalie saw the car and Xanthus exined, “My family doesn’t want anyone to know about what’s going on. The current state of the world isn’t too good. Someone harmed us that year. My father was worried that those people woulde back again. Since my parents were unwilling to be around other people, they took revenge on them. My parents now hope to take Raeleigh in as my fiancée and asked me to bring her home first. Then, they can hide the fact from the whole world. In the future, they’ll naturally ept their adoptive daughter.”


    “This way, Raeleigh will be safe. I hope you don’t mind.”


    Novalie smiled. “What’s there to be worried about? This is goof for her.”


    “My father is in the car. He can’te out to meet you. I hope you don’t mind.”


    Xanthus exined this politely. Novalie smiled and said, “It’s alright. We’re family. Let’s go.”


    Novalie walked towards the car after saying that. She opened the door and sat down inside the car. She didn’t get to reply when a middle-aged man beside her asked, “So you’ve arrived?”


    Novalie sat down and looked at the man in the car. This person looked very simr to Xanthus, which meant that this had to be Lamar Osteen.


    “You must be Mr. Lamar?” Novalie asked, thinking about this. Lamar said, “That’s right, I’m Lamar, Xanthus’s father.”


    “Well, I can see that you and your father look very much alike.” Novalie nced at Raeleigh, who was sitting next to her nervously. “Raeleigh, this is your father. You’ve met him.”


    “Yes, I have.” Raeleigh raised her head and looked over. Lamar had been observing Raeleigh for a long time. He didn’t expect that Raeleigh would meet him so soon. In fact, he couldn’t hold back his excitement, but he didn’t want to frighten his daughter.


    “Raeleigh, if you aren’t used to it, then you can call me Uncle Lamar for now. Now, I don’t want you to call me father right away, in case other people find out and use you to hurt us.”Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    “Well, okay.” Raeleigh was confused. It would have been such an overwhelming moment for her to meet her biological father for the first time.


    “Let’s head home first. We’ll talk about it once we get home.” Xanthus got in the car, and they all sat together. The driver drove off as the car quietened down.


    Raeleigh lowered her head. She didn’t know what to do right then.


    Along the way, Lamar began to talk to Novalie and asked about her health. He also asked about Raeleigh’s and Novalie’s matters. Novalie didn’t say much in the car. There were some things that she didn’t want to repeat.


    The car soon arrived at the Osteen family residence. Raeleigh was a little surprised when he got out of the car. Osteen Manor was much more magnificent than Richards Manor. Although it wasn’t as morous or beautiful, it was full of ssic elegance.


    The manor wasrge and so vast that it covered thousands of square meters ofnd. It was a ce that couldn’t be seen in its entirety in just one day.


    There was a servant at the door. The car drove directly into thepound. After entering the manor, they drove for some distance. When they stopped, Lamar said, “Madam, I’ll be going ahead from here. I can’t drive in. We have to walk. Let’s head down.”


    Lamar said this politely. He opened the door and got out of the car. He then turned around and bent down to help Novalie out of the car.


    Novalie sighed. “I didn’t expect that there would be such a day like this in my life.”


    “There are still many more days like this for you. We’ll take good care of you.” Lamar’s innate gratitude was indescribable. When he saw Raeleigh in the photo, he was sure that she was his and his wife’s daughter.


    Raeleigh looked just like his wife. Especially her eyes, they were almost the same as his wife’s when she was younger. He couldn’t mistake her for someone else.


    How could there be such a person in the world? It was impossible, especially if it wasn’t her sister or her daughter.


    Lamar believed that she was his daughter. Even if she hadn’t done a DNA test or a gicparison, he still believed it, not to mention theparison in height between them.


    “This is your fate. I’m just a passer-by. Besides, Raeleigh has brought me so much happiness.”


    Novalie was still very happy. If she hadn’t been kept safe all that while, then she might not have lived such a fulfilling life.


    Being by herself was a really lonely life. Of course, she didn’t like that kind of life.


    Raeleigh fixed her eyes on Novalie and Lamar. As they talked, Raeleigh stepped out of the car and supported her.


    “There’s no need to mind me. You two, as father and daughter, ought to get to know each other.”


    Novalie looked at Xanthus, who was standing in front of her, and said, “You can apany me and introduce your family to me. I’m old and can’t remember much anymore.”


    “Okay, I’ll keep youpany.” Xanthus walked over and held Novalie’s hand. Raeleigh had nothing to do and seemed to be at a loss.


    She didn’t know what it was like for a normal family to acknowledge each other. She felt really embarrassed.


    After Novalie and Xanthus left, Raeleigh slowly raised her head and looked at Lamar. He then said, “Let’s go. I’ll show you around, so you can familiarize yourself with the ce.”


    Raeleigh froze for a moment, but Lamar had already turned around and left, as though he meant to leave Raeleigh outside. It seemed as though he didn’t care about Raeleigh at all.


    Raeleigh followed from behind. Perhaps, this was just her father’s disposition.


    The entire area was covered in greenwn grass. People were working about the manor. It appeared that mechanical tools weren’t allowed. Several gardeners were trimming the grass on the ground. Lamar said, “Your mother’s health has always been poor. She is quite depressed. Sometimes, she acts like a child and makes noise. She needs some peace and quiet. When she works out in the courtyard, she can’t use mechanical things, it will upset her.


    “Once she wakes up, we have to put those things away in case she gets triggered and ends up having terrifying thoughts.”


    “Back then, when your mother was still young, someone paid us a lot of money and asked us to run a scam, but your mother and I refused. We made those people lose a lot of money and they took you away. Your mother was consumed by guilt and thought it was our fault that you were taken away.”


    “At that time, the doctor lied to us and said that the child was dead.”


    “We didn’t believe it, but there was nothing we could have done. At the time, your mother and I kept looking for you. However, if we didn’t leave, then we would have lost our lives.”


    “Your mother’s entire body broke down because of you. She began to me herself after she returned home. Sometimes, she would wake up at night and try to jump out of the window. I then sold our family assets, bought this ce, and built our home.”


    “It was beautiful, but in fact, it was a cage for your mother. She wasn’t capable of walking out.”


    “I knew that I had made a very wrong decision, imprisoning her here, but…”