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.

she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly

never asked him why he showed up and

Never!

sound she heard came from the bathroom

Ingemar would take him away as long as

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she hate

to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her hands were

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As

of her phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed

rain into

didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured in a low

outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom

She looked

not sure but she actually felt that he

to say, as if they were

had got

around, held her blanket,

as she reached the

are you

worriedly in deep

ridiculous and ironic the question

pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, “I’ll sleep in

more

in the morning, they

opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat

before. But Grace could still

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower

herself because she tried to avoid

and

you get

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

warm, but Grace

to have reached

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it still took

you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot

to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness

her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from

had entered its second

to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as

office. The door opened and one of

it

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation

brought her

light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and

of paper floated down

said, “Ms.

reached out

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a

turned on