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.

started to put some force. It would be okay, he said to himself, just a little more force and he could easily get rid off this person who would

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

treated Wallis this nicely

up into a ball, she grimaced in

was reflected clearly in Caden’s eyes with the

were still wrapped around her throat, suddenly, he let go. He

lost all energy the moment he pulled his hands back, his palm was supporting his body by the bedside, he took a few deep breathes and

only to see the person on

still suffering, in the end, she couldn’t take it anymore and rolled on the bed, trying to

hand was slightly yanked, the blood flowed back

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

“Let go off…”

Caden suddenly realized, that her cries were all nonsensical mumbles, from the beginning till the end she never said a word

some reason, she was in

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

was happening but she could instantly feel the pain excruciating throughout her body. She

be seen on

his eyes resentfully, “What

“Hmm?”

“Why am I here?”

told you to not go to work if you’re still sick. You fainted during work and gave

felt a sudden pain, she was trying to talk and

The pain was immeasurable, luckily Grace was still lucid enough to tell that

wanted Caden to see her in this

Caden to joke