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.

be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what should I

asked him why he showed

Never!

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

Ingemar would take him away as

have to suffer from

she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

phone, her

moment, no

passed bit by bit. Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile

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

window, and then the wind blew the rain into the

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

that she didn’t noticed that the

She looked back and saw Caden standing

not sure but she actually felt that

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

had got nothing to

around, held her blanket, and walked

reached the door, Caden

where are

asked worriedly in

ridiculous and ironic the

the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed

no more words

they continued their

into the bedroom from the living room.

words than before. But Grace could still sense

His eyes were dark and shining with affection.

laughed at herself because she

turned around at the door and

you get better

a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

but Grace felt

have reached

One month passed.

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

picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun.

phone, “Yes, I’m having

come back.” There was an undetectable

the cooperation continued.

had entered its

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

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

it going?”

thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

Leno brought her

ink patterns. There was no signature and no address

piece of paper floated down from

letter said, “Ms. Grace

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

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

turned on the