During the three months when Julian lived with Alana abroad, he had taken her to almost every corner of the city where she lived. He had to make her familiar with that place so that she wouldn't get lost in the future.
Emelia was responsible for teaching their daughter to cook so that their daughter could prepare good meals for herself.
The domestic workers, the driver and bodyguard were people that Julian had observed for three months and found to be reliable.
Julian and Emelia didn't leave until they felt that all arrangements were secured.
When Alana saw them off at the airport, Julian's eyes turned red.
Julian was heartbroken to leave Alana alone in this foreign country. Moreover, if anything happened to her, he couldn't get to her as soon as possible...
Julian didn't want to leave as soon as he thought about these things. At last, Emelia took him away in case they would miss the plane.
After her parents returned home, Alana's life was back to normal. In fact, her character wouldn't lead her into any trouble. Her parents really didn't need to worry about her too much, because she was only at home or school in most cases.
Alana didn't like to go out for fun, but liked to live a quiet life. She seldom joined the parties held by her classmates, unless it was a very grand festival that she had to attend.
She lived a comfortable life. Every day, Alana would cook three meals for herself, eat well, and study hard.
Also, she observed all kinds of people silently and learned about cultural differences and cultural clashes in order to do well socially.
At first, Julian suffered from insomnia because he was too worried about Alana. Later, Julian was relieved after Alana told them about her daily life.
Three years after Alana went abroad to study, Jamarion also chose to go abroad. He studied in the same school as Alana, and the only difference was that he was an MD-PhD trainee.
When Julian heard that Jamarion's school was the same as Alana's, he looked very bad.
Intuition told him that Jamarion must have affection for his daughter.
Julian had been suspicious since Jamarion gave Alana a cup three years ago. Wouldn't that be a deliberate attempt to make Alana use it when she drank water or coffee so that she could think of him every day?
No one could understand Julian's feelings when he often saw the cup in the photos sent by Alana to share her meals.
Julian believed Jamarion was more calculating than his father, Cameron.
And he was so good at scheming at such a young age. Julian doubted if he would be more scheming in the future.
Julian increasingly felt that Alana would be juggled with by Julian, so he was very resistant to the fact that Jamarion would go to the same school as Alana, but he could not raise any objection. Since that school was indeed the best one in Ascana, Jamarion should go to such a school for further study.
The other thing that annoyed Julian was that Jamarion was three years younger than Alana. If they were together, Alana would become a cradle-snatcher.
In Julian's opinion, it was better for Alana to find a man a few years older than her, who could protect her well. And he didn't think that Jamarion could do well in this respect.
When Julian told his depression to Emelia, she laughed.
Julian took a deep breath and asked, "Do you support them to be together?"
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