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.

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

showed up and

Never!

the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

Ingemar would take him

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she hate

knew all she needed to do was to make a

clenched her phone, her hands

… At that moment,

eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by

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

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

didn’t come at the right time.” She

focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound

She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

actually felt that he had been

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

got

her blanket, and

as she reached the

where are

asked worriedly

ridiculous and ironic the

blanket 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 their normal

the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from

But Grace could

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to

she tried to avoid his

at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like an innocent

I hope you get better

was in a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

but Grace

have reached a tacit

One month passed.

all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big

Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a

jokingly said to her on the phone,

back.” There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne

entered its

meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as

The door opened and one of her old friend

it going?” Grace greeted

thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the

brought her

blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno

floated down from

said, “Ms.

it silently, she reached out and asked Leno,

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

turned on the