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.

the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against

showed

Never!

sound she heard

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the

she

she needed to do was

her phone, her hands

eyes … At that moment,

and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she

was the interface of the

blew the rain into the room and

storm didn’t come at the right time.”

that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t running

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden

was not sure but she actually felt that he

what to say, as if they were a couple that had been

had got nothing to

held her

she reached the

are

worriedly

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the

no more words

in the morning, they continued their normal

the food floated into the bedroom from the living

fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the

with affection. She had to lower

because she tried to avoid

the door and said solemnly to Caden who

hope you

then he smiled. “Sure! I will

was warm, but Grace felt that it was

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

things done in Italy.

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

on the phone, “Yes,

back.” There was an undetectable coldness in

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

had entered its

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

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

Lo, how is it going?” Grace greeted

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

Leno brought her a

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

floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace

read it silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you

Meanwhile, he

on the