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.

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

never asked him why he showed up and

Never!

whether the sound

would take him away as long as she called

have to suffer from

she hate

needed to do was

phone, her hands were

eyes … At that moment,

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

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

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

storm didn’t come at the right time.” She

the window in concentration. She was so focused that she

noise. She looked back and

felt that he had

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

had got nothing to

her

she reached the door, Caden grabbed her

where are

worriedly in deep

out. How ridiculous and ironic the

into the bedroom. Then he closed the door

more

the morning, they continued their

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

than before. But Grace could still sense

shining with affection.

because she tried to avoid his

at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like

you get better

daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

but Grace felt that it was too

have reached a

One month passed.

heard that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not

thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t

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

There was an undetectable coldness

But the cooperation

had entered its second

discuss the specific details of

door of Grace’s office. The

is it going?” Grace greeted

still thinking about whether she should

Leno brought

signature and no

piece of paper floated

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

read it silently, she reached out

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on the