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.

door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the

him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

knew that Ingemar would take him away as

she wouldn’t have to suffer

would she hate

do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her hands

that moment,

walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile phone onto

interface of the address

and then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on her face

storm didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured

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

heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

but she actually felt that

they didn’t know what to say, as if

got nothing to

held her blanket,

as she reached the

where are

worriedly in deep

ridiculous and ironic the question

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

had no more

in the morning, they continued

into the bedroom from the living room. After

than before. But Grace could still sense the

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

because she

she left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like

you

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt

have

One month passed.

done in Italy. Humbert said it was not

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 want to go

phone, “Yes, I’m

There was an undetectable coldness

the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

entered

were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of

door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one

it

Leno Lo came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her

Leno brought her

was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno and then opened

of paper floated down from the

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

out and asked Leno,

asked. Meanwhile, he

turned on