I've Been There Before

Grace didn’t wake up until the afternoon due to her exhaustion and fever.

She blinked her eyes open and took in the white celling, wondering where she was.

“Wake up?”

A magnetic voice suddenly sounded.

Grace’s heart stuttered before turning back to see the man languidly leant in the chair, holding a file in his hand.

When Grace looked at him, his narrowed eyes happened to meet his. “Hungry?”

He shifted his eyes back to his file after asking.

Grace looked around and words slipped out of her dry lips, “President Shaw, thank you for taking me to hospital. Sorry to bother you.”

Caden annoyingly clenched his file tightly as he heard her husky voice.

President Shaw, thank you for taking me to hospital. Sorry to bother you…Was those all she could say to him?

Grace look down to the ground, not daring to look at him, for he didn’t say anything.

Nothing but Page turning sound filled the whole ward.

Caden kept going through his file as Grace was in silence.

Awkward, yet kind of harmonious.

Neither of them bothered to ruin the weird air.

Finally, Grace uttered.

“President Shaw.”

She opened her mouth, gently calling.

But the man by her bed had no response for her calling as he was busy with his own business.

“…”

couldn’t stand the silence anymore. “President

the sound of

by. “President Shaw?” Her voice was louder this

down the file and gently raised his brow, leveling Grace with a

“Is Ruby alright?”

Boom!

temper was

he

Mother Maria? How come a patient like you

leave her alive

too kind to be her best

instead, she sincerely looked into his eyes. “You can punish her as she’s one of your staff. I only beg

time I beg for her.”

don’t want to get another killed owing

felt like

at

admit

you just admit that you’ve

please don’t admit

denied it for three years,

can’t bear the

ground, her eyelashes covering the indifference in

be willing to explain

today, after three years,

Grace James anymore. She has become new Grace James, who had no spine or

was just a coincidence that she shared the same name with the daughter

you have anything to explain?” Caden’s face was icy-cold, but there was a

he’d forgive her for any

had no response…To

years ago, he refused to hear her explanation, even if she kneeled in front of the gate of the Shaw Manor

the difference of

slowly said as her husky voice upset Caden. “Now my explanation is useless to

shifted her eyes on Caden. “Or you want to throw me into jail again? For

nonchalance in her eyes indicated her caring for nothing, as if she