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

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mother was the strong-headed type of woman who wouldn’t tell Jeslyn she loved her but would rather do

was the type that would frown at Jeslyn for

Jeslyn to only see the goodness in life and protected her so tightly from the evil of the world and that was the reason Ms. Alice didn’t let Jeslyn and grandpa Lee meet for

the type of grandfather who would rather

was the kind of old man that would wear his shoes the wrong way when Jeslyn

man who would rather let Jeslyn fight her own battles than do it for her. He would stand by the side to blow a whistle to cheer her

beautiful with amazingly gorgeous creatures, but at the same time, the deadliest

her, “my child, playing at the bank of the ocean 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 to survive those

what about you? You and your sister will be the only ones left in

and happy at the moment, but when I

the Lee cooperation would, the enemies I made along the road to success would come for you, the homes that were

mostly, your beast of a father will come

thick skin, and hide your emotions under the facade of whatever

weak, your enemies would go easy on you, then dissolving their attacks would be a walk in the park for you.

of allowing your grandmother to teach your mother that way, but I won’t make 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 all communications with

home without you. I wanted

the lessons I taught you. Never show your weakness to

He had sat her down beside him on the field after they finished playing golf on that day.

my pillar, grandpa. I rested my whole weight on you, but why did you let me fall so hard

They didn’t just take your life but dug your