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,

showed

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound

knew that Ingemar would take him away as

wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she

do was to

clenched her phone, her hands

… At that moment, no one knew what she was

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

of her phone was still on. It was the interface

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

right

concentration. She was so focused that she

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

sure but she actually felt that he had

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

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and walked

reached the

are you

asked worriedly in

ridiculous and ironic

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

more words

morning, they continued their normal

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

fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion in

and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast

she tried to avoid

turned around at the door and said solemnly

I hope you

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

warm, but Grace felt

seemed to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

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

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

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

There was an undetectable coldness

her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued.

entered its

sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details discussed

knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one

is it going?” Grace greeted

over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the

brought her a

and no address on the surface

of paper floated down from the

“Ms.

she reached out

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

turned on the