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

why he showed up and why he came

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or

would take him away as long

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the

would she hate

to do was to make a

her phone, her hands

eyes … At that moment, no one

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

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

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

come at the right time.”

concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and

but she actually felt that

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

had got nothing

turned around, held her

she reached the door,

are

asked worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic

pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and

no more

the morning, they continued their normal boring

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

had fewer words than before. But Grace could

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

herself because she

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who

hope you get better

a daze at first and then he smiled.

but Grace

to have reached

One month passed.

that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it still

up girls in

phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m also

an

her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to

cooperation had entered its second

specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down

the door of Grace’s office. The

how is it

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation

Leno brought her

was an envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of

of paper floated down from the

letter said, “Ms. Grace

silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have a

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on