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.

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

showed up and why

Never!

her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from

him

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the

she hate

knew all she needed to do was to make

clenched her phone, her

… At that moment, no one

eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed,

still on. It was the interface of

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

storm didn’t come at the right

focused that she didn’t noticed that

she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back

that he had

moment, they didn’t know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been married

got nothing

held her blanket, and walked

she reached the door, Caden grabbed

are

asked worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

more words

morning, they continued their normal boring

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

Grace could still sense the passion in

and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to

because she tried to

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

you get better

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

warm, but Grace felt that it was too

seemed to have reached

One month passed.

trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big

just smiled 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

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

come back.” There was an undetectable

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

had entered its

sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well

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

how is it

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

brought

was an envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the

paper floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

she reached out and asked Leno, “Do

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on