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 explained, "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 would come 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 fiancee and asked me to bring her home first. Then, they can hide the fact from the whole world. In the future, they'll naturally accept 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't come out to meet you. I hope you don't mind."
Xanthus explained 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 similar 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 glanced 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."
"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. Well 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 glamorous or beautiful, it was full of classic elegance.
The manor was large and so vast that it covered thousands of square meters of land. It was a place that couldn't be seen in its entirety in just one day.
There was a servant at the door. The car drove directly into the compound. 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."
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