I've Been There Before

“If I ever met someone in this world that could mess with my emotions, I would kill that person with my own hands.”

That was what Caden thought to himself when he was a teenager.

He was the successor to the Shaw family and would be at the helm in the future. Caden went through strict education since he was a child, it made him emotionless. His grandfather was the one that personally made his grandchild a cold-hearted robot.

His grandfather always said, “You cannot have any weakness. One day, if a person shows up and the person can easily change your mind and mess up your emotions, then this person will be your greatest nemesis. And what do we do to our nemesis, Caden? Yes, we have to make them disappear.”

When Caden told Humbert what his grandfather said, Humbert who was the same age as Caden was shocked, though he didn’t take Caden seriously. It was common that teenagers would say something that they thought was “cool”, and after they became adults, they would just reminisce about it and cringe about their hot-blooded teenage days.

Humbert might not even remember that Caden had said that to him before, Humbert probably took it as a joke and had forgotten about it long ago.

But Humbert never would have thought, what Caden went through as a teenager was far from one could call “normal”.

Caden put his fingers around a woman’s throat on a large bed, he locked his fingers around her neck, but he wasn’t using any force.

He was puzzled, why was it always so easy for this damn person to mess with his emotions?

Why did he get mad so quickly around her?

Why was it that he couldn’t help but go up to check on her when she curled up into a ball in pain?

He sat on the sofa and tried to hold himself back from going up to check on her, even though she was crying in pain.

He had a hard time suppressing his urge to not go up to check on her.

He had to use all his might to control himself. It was all her fault! It was her fault for continuously crying out so painfully.

the phalanx of his fingers was distinct, and this beautiful pair of hands were cupping her neck. He bit down on his lips and started to put some force. It would be

her, and he wouldn’t need to rush her to the hospital in the middle of the night ever again.

even treated

whimpered and curled up into a ball, she grimaced in

was reflected clearly in Caden’s eyes with the help of the bedside

wrapped around her throat, suddenly, he let go. He couldn’t do it, he couldn’t

back, his palm was supporting his body by the bedside, he took a few deep breathes and finally

his head only to see the person on the bed wriggling her

She squirmed her body as she was still suffering, in the end, she couldn’t take

back of her hand was slightly yanked, the blood

of her body started flailing around. Caden had no choice, he was in for a penny. He used his other large hand and pressed down her

“Let go off…”

could hear her softly mumbling in pain, her suffering was clearly beyond words. Caden suddenly realized, that her cries were all nonsensical mumbles, from the beginning

heart ached for some reason, she was

and smack her cheek roughly, “Hey,

could instantly feel the pain excruciating throughout her

bite mark could be seen

his eyes resentfully, “What happened

“Hmm?”

“Why am I here?”

you think?” Caden glared at Grace, “I already told you to not go to work if you’re still sick. You fainted during work and gave me tons of

a sudden pain, she was trying to talk and trying to apologize, but she could

enough to tell that Caden was standing in front of

Caden to see her in

Caden to joke