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. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what should

never asked him why he showed up and why he

Never!

the sound she

Ingemar would take him

to suffer from the mixed

would she hate

she needed to do was to make

her phone, her hands were

closed her eyes … At that moment, no one

opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the

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

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

the right

in concentration. She was so focused that she

heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

felt that he had been standing there for a

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

got nothing

turned around, held her blanket,

she reached the

where are

worriedly in

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and

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

more words all

they continued their

floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed

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

with affection. She had to lower her

at herself because she tried to

and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like an innocent

I hope you get

in a daze at first and then he

was warm, but Grace felt that it

have reached

One month passed.

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

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

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

back.” There was an undetectable coldness in

Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from

had entered

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

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

is it going?” Grace

still thinking about whether she should visit

brought

was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the

paper floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

reached out and asked

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on