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.

cool anymore. She powerlessly

he showed up and why

Never!

the sound she heard came

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as

to suffer

would she

she needed to do was to make

her phone, her

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window.

was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”. He

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

at the right time.” She murmured in a

focused that she didn’t noticed

looked

but she actually felt that he had been standing

what to say, as if they were a couple that had been married for

had got nothing

held her blanket, and walked

as she reached the

where are you

worriedly

out. How ridiculous

pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door

no more

in the morning, they continued their normal boring

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

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion in

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

herself because she tried

left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly

you get better

first and then he smiled.

but Grace felt

seemed to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

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

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

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes,

back.” There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

would end. But the cooperation

cooperation had entered its second

meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details discussed

Vivian knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one of her old friend

it

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

brought her

that 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 the

piece of paper floated

“Ms. Grace

out and asked Leno, “Do you have a

Meanwhile, he

on