I've Been There Before

At night, she could not sleep well. It rained late at night. The raindrops pattered on the window. She tossed and turned.

Hours later, she still did not feel sleepy at all.

She pulled away the quilt and walked down to the ground barefoot, pacing irritably in front of the window.

She put on her nightgown and walked barefoot into the living room. She turned on the TV and found there was a children’s show on TV. She was absent-minded for a moment. It occurred to her that she had not watched TV for a long time.

However, Caden often watched TV.

She lay on the sofa like Caden usually did. She was surprised by the cartoon named “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” on the screen.

Wolves eat sheep. This was the law of the jungle. Did he watched this cartoon every day?

A noise came from outside.

Grace got alert.

She listened carefully for minutes. She was sure that she heard a noise.

Was there a thief?

But that was impossible. Caden agreed to let her move out of the manor of the Shaw Family because the security measures were pretty good here.

Maybe there was a cat, or a dog, or a kid.

She opened the door.

...

She was shocked.

It was Caden!

Her heart beat fast.

They looked at each other for nearly five minutes, with no words.

She seemed to be calm.

However, when she saw his pleading eyes, she started to melt down.

She turned around and walked into her department.

The door wasn’t closed.

She didn’t look back or checked if he had come in. She walked into the bedroom and brought out a bathrobe and towel. When she returned to the living room, there was nobody. She looked at the door. He was standing there, staring at her.

She silently walked to the door and handed the towel and bathrobe to him.

She turned around again.

Just then, she saw the happiness in his eyes when he took the towel and bathrobe from her.

“Grace, you’re so nice.”

Suddenly, Caden’s voice appeared.

She stopped at the door of her bedroom and clenched her fist.

Then she entered her bedroom, ignoring all the sounds outside.

anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what

asked him why he showed up

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

him away as long as she called

wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she hate

to do was to

clenched her phone, her hands

moment, no one

barefoot and walked towards the window.

phone was still on. It was the interface of the

window, and then the wind blew the rain into the room

at the right time.” She

that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

a noise. She looked back

actually felt that he

didn’t know what to say, as if they

had got nothing

around, held her

the door, Caden grabbed her

where are

worriedly in

almost laughed out. How ridiculous

the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed

more words all

they continued their normal boring

bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down

words than before. But Grace could still sense the

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head

because she

she left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly

I hope you get better

in a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better

but Grace felt

to have

One month passed.

heard that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

and said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t

on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

Cayne would end. But the cooperation

entered its second

discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well

knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened

how is it going?” Grace

she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

brought her

light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on

piece of paper floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

reached out and

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on the