I've Been There Before

The door of the elevator opened again. Grace simply stepped out of the elevator while ignoring Payne, but she was stopped by her brother, “No, Grace, you can’t go. Just hide yourself.”

“Mr. James, could you please let go of me. I have something else to deal with.”

“No, Grace, you will be spotted by them if you go out. Walter and his friends are having a party together in the club.” Payne pulled Grace back into the elevator, “Grace, you don’t want to appear in front of your old friends in such an embarrassing situation, right?”

Grace seemed to be out of breath. What Payne said directly pierced her heart. He was right. Grace dared not to meet her old friends in such an abject situation.

She reached out her head to press the key to close the door nervously.

“Well, Payne, it seemed that you have found your girl tonight. And you can’t wait that you even start to enjoy her in the elevator?” As Walter teased playfully, he reached his hand to stop the door from closing. Thus they door opened again.

Payne immediately hugged Grace tight and put her head into his arms, “Come on, Walter, stop making fun of me.” Then he slapped away Walter’s hand, who was about to touch Grace’s body, “Stop it, this girl is quite shy. You guys just go upstairs. I have already arranged a private box for all of you.”

While speaking, Payne still kept Grace’s face toward his arms and walked out of the elevator.

“Hey Payne, why not come with us?”

“I got some private issue to deal with. You guys just go to the box first. I will be right back. And today’s bill is on me. Have fun, guys.”

Ambiguous whistles in row could be heard from the elevator, “Guys, Payne said he got something private to deal with. Perhaps he gotta deal with the girl in his arms! Hahaha…It seems that Payne is getting more and more sophisticate in dealing with girls.”

hear their laughter

a corner, “Grace, get off work

when her brother said such words in front of her, Grace could only hold back her urge to shout at Payne with her fingering pinching her

abandoned by your family three years ago. Don’t be sad, Grace. You have run out of all your tears during those three

away Payne’s hand, “Even if I get off work today, what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? As long as the Royal Club exists, they would come to

Payne blankly, waiting for his

You should go to somewhere else

the job? Are you going to

eager to hear something unexpected from Payne. If her brother made an unusual choice for her, she would be willing to dissolve all her hatred and feud with her

paused for a while, then he sighed, “I am so sorry, Grace. I can’t risk the future of the family to

failed to receive that unexpected choice offered by

to tell you, I

Grace refused.

willfully, why can’t you change your job? Why do you still keep such a dirty

aware that I was once

start a new life on their own, why can’t you? Why do you serve as a prostitute here? Grace,

anger to slap Payne’s

had changed, but also Payne, the one who used to protect her, care her,