Her head was lowered and her mouth was shut tight. However, her appearance alone was enough to shock everyone present.
“She… She looks exactly like her!”
“That’s right! I almost thought that she was a much younger version of Xara!”
“We’ve all been deceived! Lord Fenderson must have already known about Xara’s whereabouts a long time ago! Yet he left all us affiliated families in the dark on purpose!”
While the audience began discussing aloud, Queta herself bore an extremely ugly expression on her face. After all, she had been physically hurt and her body was currently feeling very weak.
“It… It really is my aunt’s daughter! So it turns out that grandpa’s already found aunt’s daughter!” said Jasmine.
“Queta!” shouted Bryson, a stern expression on his face.
He had initially arranged for someone to secretly send Queta away that morning. Little did he know that there would be a snitch working for the Schuyler family! The current scene was a result of that.
“So, lord Fenderson. We now have all the necessary witnesses and evidence! What else do you have to say for yourself? We demand that Xara be handed over to us as soon as possible!”
All the guests were now gathering around Bryson, glaring at him angrily.
Bryson was at a complete loss of words, a tense expression on his face.
While he truly wanted to save Queta, after facing all the provocations from the Schuyler family, he had no real choice but to give an explanation to all the other affiliated families
As he was wondering how to deal with the dilemma, a voice suddenly called out from behind everyone.
“Hey now, why are all of you bothering the Fendersons? I’m here, you know!”
Turning around to see who had shouted, everyone saw a woman walking toward them from the outside.
“…Huh? Who on earth is that? How did she even get in?”
“It’s been a good twenty years, father. I’m finally back!” said Xara as tears started streaming down her cheeks.
“…Sister?” asked Second and Third simultaneously as they exchanged looks with one another, feeling utterly dumbfounded.
At the same time, Noah and the others were all breathing heavily.
“…So she really is Xara! The eldest lady of the Fenderson family! No wonder they couldn’t find her even after so many years had passed! To think that the once extremely gorgeous and beautiful Xara who had earned the admiration of so many back then would be reduced to such an ugly state!”
“Exactly! Even if we bumped into her on the street, we wouldn’t have been able to recognize her at all!”
As everyone continued to comment on the situation, Xenia ran toward Xara before saying, “Why did you show yourself, miss?”
“I needed to in order to save Queta! Aunt Xenia, I’ve caused you so much harm and grief for so many years now! I hope you’ll forgive me!” said Xara as she held on to Queta’s hands.
After hearing all that, Queta finally understood everything.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Secretly Rich Man