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 leaned against

him why he showed up and

Never!

the sound she heard came

that Ingemar would take him away as

have to suffer

would she hate

needed to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her

eyes … At that moment, no one knew what she

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

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

and then the wind blew the rain into the room and

at the right time.” She murmured in a

so focused that she didn’t noticed that the

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for

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

had got nothing

turned around, held her blanket,

she reached the

where are

asked worriedly in deep

out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

no more words

morning, they

floated into the bedroom

words than before. But Grace could still sense the

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

because she tried

left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly

I hope you

he smiled. “Sure! I will get better

but Grace felt that

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

things done in Italy. Humbert

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

her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from her

cooperation had entered

were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details

Grace’s office. The door opened and one of her old friend

is it going?”

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation

brought her

blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She

paper floated

said, “Ms. Grace James

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

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

on