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.

anymore.

him why he showed up

Never!

identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

knew that Ingemar would take him away

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she

she needed to do was to

her phone, her

eyes … At that moment, no one

She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed

It was the interface

the window, and then the wind blew the rain into

right time.” She murmured

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

a noise. She looked

sure but she actually felt that

as if they were a couple that

got nothing to

around, held her blanket, and walked

the door,

are you

worriedly in deep

out. How ridiculous

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

had no more words

they continued

the bedroom from

words than before. But Grace

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

at herself because she tried

the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like an innocent

I hope you get better

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

Grace felt that

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal,

kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having

phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But,

There was an undetectable coldness

the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

had entered its second

discuss the specific details of the

Grace’s office. The door opened and one of

it going?” Grace greeted

about whether she should visit her

brought her

envelope 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

paper floated down

“Ms. Grace James

she reached out and asked Leno,

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

turned on the