Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

33 Jeslyn’s Agony- grandpa’s life lesson

Jeslyn returned to her room and sat on her bed, thinking about her matters. She still couldn’t believe that her dearest grandfather was dead. She slowly closed her watery eyes as the tears fell down her cheeks. 1

It hurts so badly. She didn’t get to see his body before he was cremated. She didn’t see his ashes and also, the most painful part is that she didn’t get to bid him farewell or attend his funeral.

That must be the reason she isn’t able to move on. All this while, she didn’t get a place… this quiet to think about her sorrows.

She had two unfeeling friends in prison who wouldn’t want to see her mourn or lament. Now that she is finally alone, she can cry now, right?

“Grandfather,” her lips shook. It hurts… Mentioning his name hurts very much.

“I miss you a lot…” she broke down in tears as she wailed like she had never before.

Jeslyn didn’t feel this way when her mother died and that was because she woke up after two years from a coma. Although she cried for a few weeks, she didn’t feel the kind of pain she was feeling right

DOW.

the strong-headed type of woman who wouldn’t tell Jeslyn she loved her but would rather do things to make her know how

Alice was the type that would frown at Jeslyn for playing with dirt and wearing her slippers wrongly.

see the goodness in life and protected her so tightly from

the other hand, was the type of grandfather who would rather join Jeslyn

was the kind of old man that would wear his shoes the wrong way when Jeslyn does, just to

battles than do it for her. He

that the world is like an ocean, beautiful with amazingly gorgeous creatures, but at the same time, the deadliest when she

just to admire the beauty is a wonderful thing but not an achievement. However, going into the ocean to see the dangers underneath it and also to learn how

these days I will join your mother, but what about you? You and your sister will be the only ones left in the

at the moment, but

enemies I made along the road to success would come for you, the homes that were wrecked due to my

and mostly, your beast of

skin, and hide your emotions under the facade of

world thinks you are weak, your enemies would go easy on you, then dissolving their attacks would be a

that mistake with you. If your mother had not gone away from home and went to live with that father of yours in country G, breaking

back home without you. I wanted to destroy your father but she didn’t

do in the future, never forget the lessons

her down beside him on the field after they finished playing golf on that

rested my whole weight on you, but why did you let me fall so hard and didn’t give me

killed me along with you. They didn’t just take your life