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.

the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door …

showed up

Never!

her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her hands were

moment, no one knew what she was

barefoot and walked towards the window.

the interface of

window, and then the wind blew the rain into

didn’t come at the right

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

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing

actually felt that he had been

know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been

had got

turned around, held her blanket, and

reached the door, Caden

are

worriedly in deep

How ridiculous and ironic

from her and pushed her into the bedroom.

more words all

in the morning, they continued their normal

Grace opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom

fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion in his

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

she left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly to

you

was in a daze at first and then he smiled.

warm, but Grace felt that it

to have reached a tacit

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

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

phone,

was an undetectable coldness

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

had entered its second

to meet again to discuss the specific details

of Grace’s office. The door opened and

it

Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner

brought

and no address

piece of paper floated

“Ms. Grace James

out and asked Leno, “Do

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a

turned on the