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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her but would rather do things to make her know how important

at Jeslyn for playing with dirt and wearing her slippers wrongly.

her daughter instead of letting her daughter fight for herself. She wanted 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

of grandfather who would rather join Jeslyn to play with dirt than pull her away.

shoes the wrong way when Jeslyn does, just

do it for her. He would stand by the side to blow a

that the world is like an ocean, beautiful with amazingly gorgeous creatures,

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

these days I will join your mother, but what about you? You

the moment, but when I die, enemies will pour

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

and mostly, your beast of a father will come too.

Learn to be strong, grow a thick skin, and hide your emotions under the facade of whatever persona you choose

on you, then dissolving their attacks would be a walk

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

to know about your mother’s dilemma when she came back home without you. I wanted to

lessons I taught you. Never show your weakness to anyone…”

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

you, but why did you let me fall so

They didn’t just