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.

door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore.

he showed up and why he

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to suffer

would she

do was to make a phone

her phone, her hands

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile phone onto the

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

the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

right

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

looked back

not sure but she actually felt that he had been

as if

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and walked

the door, Caden grabbed

are

asked worriedly in

out. How ridiculous

took the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, “I’ll sleep in the living

had no more words all

in the morning, they continued

the food floated into the bedroom from the living room.

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

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

she tried to

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to

you

daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

but Grace felt that it was too

seemed to have

One month passed.

in Italy. Humbert said it

Maybe you are picking up girls

to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

an undetectable coldness in

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

entered

ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down

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

it going?”

she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

brought her

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

paper floated down from

“Ms.

she reached out and

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

turned on