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

why he showed up and why

Never!

sound she heard

take him away

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she

to do was to make a

phone, her

closed her eyes … At that moment, no one knew what she

She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her

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

rain into the room and rain dropped on her

the right

was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and

was not sure but she actually felt that he had been

say, as if they were

had got nothing

held her

the

are

worriedly in

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

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

more words all

in the morning, they continued their normal

floated into the bedroom from the living room.

words than before. But Grace

met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had

laughed at herself because she tried to avoid his

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

hope you get better

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

have reached

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said

to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness in

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

entered its second

specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details

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

Lo, how is it

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

Leno brought her a

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

of paper floated down from

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

out

asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on the