AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

The next morning, Sebastien got up and helped Roxane change into a black dress before putting on a black armband, which indicated that she was a descendant of the deceased, for her.

Actually, she could do these things herself, but he liked taking care of her this way. It was like he wanted to spoil her until she couldn’t do anything for herself and could only stay with him.

The weather wasn’t gloomy like in the movies when someone died. On the contrary, the weather was very nice. The sun was bright and scorching, and the temperature was so high that it seemed like it could melt people.

Sebastien stood next to Roxane, holding an umbrella over her. Her body, which was exposed to the sun, also protected her.

Joel had always been filial. Now that old Madam Alvarez has died, he spent a lot of money to buy the best place in the cemetery, hoping that she could live comfortably even in the afterlife. He even moved his father’s ashes to be buried next to his own.

After the funeral, everyone went to the hotel for lunch. After that, they returned home to meet with Old Mrs. Alvarez’s lawyer regarding her will. Sebastien, as his grandson, was also present.

Old Mrs. Alvarez didn’t have much savings in her life. The most precious thing was a pair of gold bracelets that her husband had given her during their wedding. Since the design was old, she asked Sabrina to send them to be reforged into two new bracelets. One was for Roxane and the other for Enzo, which would be given to his future wife. She naturally left the house in the countryside to Roxane; it was where Roxane had grown up, after all.

Enzo lowered his head as he silently held the gold bracelet in his hands. In fact, even if his grandmother left everything to Roxane, he would have no objection. However, her grandmother still left her a bracelet. The bracelet represented that her weight in her grandmother’s heart was not lighter than Roxane’s. Maybe he was a boy so his grandmother didn’t treat him as affectionately as she did his sister. As it turned out, she was not only Roxane’s grandmother, but also her grandmother.

Roxane held the gold bracelet and turned it over and over in her hands. She bit her lips tightly with her pearly white teeth and didn’t say a word.

After the lawyer finished reading the will, he took a letter out of his bag and handed it to Roxane. He said:

-Miss Alvarez, Old Madam asked me to give you this.

She took the letter, but she didn’t open it and she didn’t say anything either.

After the lawyer left, Joel and Sabrina looked at each other before shyly asking:

– Roxane, what did grandmother tell you? Aren’t you going to open it and take a look?

She looked down and didn’t respond.

Seeing Roxane like that, Sabrina felt very uncomfortable and worried. She was about to speak, but Enzo spoke first.

– Mom, dad, let’s go out. There are still a lot of parents outside.

Joel and Enzo looked at each other. As if he knew what his son was thinking, he pulled his wife with him and left.

After everyone left, Sebastien took the envelope from Roxane’s hand and said with a slight smile:

– Let me read it to you.

Roxane’s head was still lowered.

Sebastien unsealed the envelope and took out the folded letter. When he unfolded the letter, what greeted him was the beautiful handwriting on the letter.

– My dear granddaughter, when you read this letter, grandmother must have already left…Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

He stopped and looked at Roxane out of the corner of his eyes. Relief flooded his heart when he saw that she had no reaction. He continued reading.

– You must be very sad that grandmother is gone. You were raised by grandmother alone, and grandmother knows you better than you know yourself…

– You have been sensitive since you were young. You don’t seem to care what others say, and you prefer to keep things in your heart and suffer on your own…