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.

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

him why he showed up and why he

Never!

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

him away as long as

have to suffer from the mixed

would she

all she needed to do was to

phone, her

her eyes … At that moment, no

suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed,

the interface of the address book which

then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain

didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured in a low

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

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and

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

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

had got

around, held her blanket, and walked

as she reached the door,

where are you

asked worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

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

more words all

the morning, they continued their normal boring

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

words than before. But Grace

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

she tried to avoid

at the door and said solemnly

you get better

and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better as you

was warm, but Grace felt

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

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

and said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

an undetectable coldness

cooperation continued. However, Cayne

entered its

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

Vivian knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The

how is it going?” Grace greeted

Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit

brought her a

was 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 at Leno and then opened

paper floated down

letter said, “Ms.

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

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on the