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

him why he showed

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

Ingemar would take him away as long as she

to suffer from

would she hate

to do was

clenched her phone,

moment, no one knew what she was

on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As

phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”. He called

the rain into the room and rain dropped on her

didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured in a

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

She looked back and saw Caden standing

that he had been

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

had got nothing

held her

as she reached the door, Caden

are you

asked worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, “I’ll sleep in the living

more words

morning, they continued

the bedroom from

than before. But Grace could

and shining with affection. She had to lower her head

because she tried to avoid his

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden

I hope you get

was in a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better as you

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

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

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,

There was an

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

cooperation had entered its second

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

the door of Grace’s office. The door opened

is it going?” Grace

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

brought her a

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

paper floated

“Ms. Grace

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

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a

on the