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.

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 okay, he said to himself, just a

he wouldn’t need to rush her

even treated

and curled up into a ball,

sweat rolled down her face, it was reflected clearly in Caden’s

her throat, suddenly, he

lost all energy the moment he pulled his hands back, his palm was supporting his body by the

head only to see the person on

her body up. She squirmed her body as she was still

needle on the back of her hand was slightly yanked, the blood

Caden had no choice, he was

“Let go off…”

pain, her suffering was clearly beyond words. Caden suddenly realized, that her cries were all nonsensical mumbles, from the beginning till the end she never said a word and that she never said that

she was in pain but she just bore

wake up!” He lifted his hand and smack her cheek roughly, “Hey,

react to what was happening but she could instantly feel the pain

mark could be seen

his eyes resentfully, “What happened to

“Hmm?”

“Why am I here?”

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

talk and trying to apologize, but

The pain was immeasurable, luckily Grace was still lucid enough to tell that Caden was standing in front

wanted Caden to see her in

didn’t want Caden