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.

anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door

why he showed up and

Never!

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

Ingemar would take him away as long

wouldn’t have to suffer

would she hate

needed to do was to make a phone

her phone, her hands

closed her eyes … At that moment, no one

opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards

on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”.

and then the wind blew the rain

come at the right time.” She murmured in

that she didn’t noticed that the sound of

She looked back and saw Caden

actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

as if they were a couple that had been married

had got nothing

around, held her blanket,

as she reached the

where are

asked worriedly in deep

How ridiculous

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

had no more words

morning, they

the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed

before. But Grace

and shining with

because she

at the door and said

I hope you

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

warm, but Grace felt

to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

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

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

said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

an undetectable coldness in

Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued.

cooperation had entered its

representatives 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 door

how is it going?”

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should

Leno brought her

envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address

floated down from the

letter said, “Ms.

out and asked Leno,

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

on