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 the door … Caden, what

never asked him why he showed

Never!

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

him away as long as she

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she hate

knew all she needed to do was to

phone, her

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

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

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface of the

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

come at the right time.” She murmured

concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

noise. She looked back and saw Caden

sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for

that moment, they didn’t know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been married for

had got nothing

held her blanket, and

the door, Caden

where are you

asked worriedly

ridiculous

bedroom. Then he closed the door

more words

in the morning, they continued their normal

bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down and ate

fewer words than before. But Grace could

with affection. She had to lower her head and

herself because she tried to

left, she turned around at the door and said

hope you get better

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

Grace felt

have

One month passed.

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

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

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to

entered

of both sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well

on the door of Grace’s office. The door

it going?” Grace

about whether she should visit her partner after the

Leno brought her a

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 from

“Ms. Grace James

out

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on the