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.

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 little more force and he could easily get rid off this person who would always mess up his

be affected by her, and he wouldn’t need to rush her to the hospital

even treated Wallis this

into a ball, she grimaced

face, it was reflected clearly in Caden’s eyes with the help

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

palm was supporting his body by the bedside, he took a

see the person on

curled her body up. She squirmed her body as she was still suffering, in the end, she couldn’t take it anymore

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

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

“Let go off…”

nonsensical mumbles, from the beginning till the end she

for some reason, she was in

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

react to what was happening but she could instantly feel the pain excruciating throughout her body.

could be seen

squinted his eyes resentfully, “What

“Hmm?”

“Why am I here?”

Grace, “I already told you to not go to work if you’re still

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

lucid enough to tell that Caden was standing in

never wanted Caden to

didn’t want Caden