From This Day Forward, I Am Yours

The days passed swiftly, and before Ethan and Lily knew it, it was already the day of their wedding.

The young man stood on a raised platform beside an altar, with a very anxious expression, which made his Grandpa Benjamin, who was standing beside him, chuckle.

“I understand what you’re feeling right now, Ethan.” Benjamin rested his hand on his grandson’s shoulder. “I was also like that when I married your Grandma. It was truly a nerve-wracking experience for me.”

Ethan smiled because Benjamin had always been one of his staunchest supporters.

The old man would back him up anywhere and anytime, though he would mysteriously disappear whenever Agnes would show up to discipline Ethan for being mischievous.

“Grandpa, what is it like to get married?” Ethan asked out of curiosity. "What does it take to live a happy married life just like you and grandma?"