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.

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

why he showed up and why he came

Never!

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

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

wouldn’t have to suffer

she

needed to do

clenched her phone, her hands

that moment, no one knew

on the floor barefoot and walked

It was the interface of

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

the right

looked outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t

looked back and saw Caden standing at the

felt that he had been standing there for a

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

got

around, held her blanket, and walked

reached the door, Caden grabbed

where are

worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous

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

more words all

in the morning, they continued

the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the

Grace could still sense

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting his

because she

at the door and

hope you get

at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better

but Grace

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was

picking up

phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m also

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

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

cooperation had entered its second

were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the

of Grace’s office. The door opened and one

is it going?”

whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

brought her a

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

floated down from

letter said, “Ms. Grace

reached out and asked Leno, “Do

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

turned on the