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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loved her but would

Jeslyn for playing

in life and protected her so tightly from the evil of the world

was the type of grandfather who would rather join Jeslyn to play with dirt than

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

was the type of man who would rather let Jeslyn fight her own battles than do it for her. He would stand by the side to blow

amazingly gorgeous creatures, but at the same time, the

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

I will join your mother, but what about you? You and your sister will be the only

at the moment,

made along the road to success would come

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

do then? Learn to be strong, grow a thick skin, and hide your emotions under the

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

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

home without you. I wanted to destroy

you do in the future, never forget the lessons I taught you. Never show your weakness

lesson. He had sat her down beside him on the field after they finished

were my pillar, grandpa. I rested my whole weight on you, but why

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