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|11| Temptations
Zack’s POV
I remember my grandma’s love story she always told me when I was a little kid and I still admire it to this day, hoping one day to have a similar story like hers.
It was one hot summer when grandma was on vacation with her family in Miami. She met my grandfather at the grocery store he worked at during summer break.
The moment her eyes fell on him, she felt an instant connection, like the two of them belong to each other.
It was love at first sight, and both of them knew that.
She spent the entire vacation with him until the day came when she was supposed to return to Spain.
But she didn’t. She stayed in Miami and married her soulmate.
My grandma gave up her life in Spain to stay with a stranger she only knew for a month. I just know the bond between them was strong enough to make her stay.
Well, unfortunately, I never had the love story I was dying to have.
I ended up having the wors
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