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.

be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what should

he showed

Never!

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

him away as long as

to

she

to do was to

clenched her phone, her hands

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew what

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

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

window, and then the wind blew the rain into

the right time.” She murmured in

focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t running

a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for

know what to say, as if they were a couple that

had got

held her blanket, and walked

the

are

asked worriedly

ridiculous and ironic

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

no more words

morning, they continued their

into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she

words than before. But Grace could still

shining with

she tried to avoid his

and

you get

daze at first and then he

was warm, but Grace

have reached

One month passed.

in

smiled and said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in

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

There was an undetectable coldness in

But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared

had entered its second

sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific

Grace’s office. The door opened and

how is it going?” Grace

still thinking about whether she

Leno brought

and no address on the surface of the

floated down from the

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

reached out and

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

turned on the