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.

“…”

moment, Grace couldn’t stand the silence

sound of turning pages answered

Seconds ticked by. “President Shaw?”

gently raised his

“Is Ruby alright?”

Boom!

was

and calm as he was, he

don’t you think you’re way too Mother Maria? How come a patient like

her lips and looked at Caden sincerely. “I only beg you to leave her alive in one piece, while you can do whatever you like to punish

are too kind to

his eyes. “You can punish her as she’s

time I beg for her.”

get another killed owing

felt like

looked at the woman in

admit

that you’ve got someone

don’t admit

have denied it for three years, just keep it to yourself

can’t

ground, her eyelashes covering

explain to Caden

three years, she

anymore. She has become new Grace James, who

name with the daughter of family James,

but there was a trace of unknown expectation in

forgive her for any reason

had no

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

was the difference of

the punishment,” Grace slowly said as her husky voice upset Caden. “Now my explanation is useless

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

indicated her caring for nothing, as if she really