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

him why he showed up and why he

Never!

identify whether the sound she heard came from

that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to suffer from

she hate

she needed to do was to make a

clenched her phone,

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

walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she

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

blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

right time.” She murmured

outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she

looked back and saw Caden

sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

they didn’t know what to say, as if they

had got nothing to

around, held her blanket, and

she reached the door, Caden

are

worriedly in

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

had no more words

morning, they continued their

the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat

words than before. But Grace

with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting his

because she tried to

turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who

I hope you get

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it

have reached

One month passed.

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

Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now

on the phone,

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness in

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

cooperation had entered its second

again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation

office. The

how is it going?”

she should visit her

brought

and no address on the surface

floated down from the

said, “Ms. Grace James

out and asked Leno, “Do

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

turned on