Chapter 308

Knowing that her grandfather was set on giving her the jade pendant—and that it had once been hers in another life—Cassandra Taylor didn’t turn it down. She still had a deep attachment to it. After Gerald Hawthorne helped her fasten it around her neck, she sniffled slightly and turned to face him. Eyes slightly red, she smiled and said, “Thank you, Grandpa Hawthorne. I’ll take good care of it, I promise.” Gerald looked at the pendant around her neck with satisfaction. Ever since Faye passed, he’d carried this heavy grief in his heart. At this moment, it lifted a little, and he felt noticeably lighter. “If you really want to thank me,” he said as he lightly ruffled her hair with a warm smile, “then visit me more often. An old man like me doesn’t have many years left. Catching a few more glimpses of you would mean the world.” “Grandpa—you can’t say stuff like that. You’ll live a long, healthy life,” Cassandra replied quickly. “Besides, I’m not even married yet. Don’t you want to see me g