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.

she closed the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly

never asked him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound

Ingemar would take him away

have to suffer from

she

do

her phone, her hands

moment, no one knew what she

bit. Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile

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

wind blew the rain into

the right time.” She murmured in a

the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that

heard a noise. She looked back and

not sure but she actually felt that he had been

to say, as if they were a couple

had got nothing

turned around, held her blanket, and

reached the door,

are

worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

the bedroom. Then he closed

more

the morning, they continued their normal

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

than before. But Grace could

and shining with affection. She had to lower her

she tried to avoid his

she turned around at the door and

I hope you

daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better as

Grace felt that it was too

to have reached

One month passed.

heard that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you

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

an undetectable coldness

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

had entered its

specific details of the cooperation as well

afternoon, Vivian knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one of her old friend came

is it going?”

was still thinking about whether she should visit

Leno brought her a

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

of paper floated down from the

“Ms. Grace

she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

on