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

him why he showed

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as she called

have to suffer

would she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

her phone,

eyes … At that moment,

walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her

phone was still on. It was the interface

blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

right time.” She murmured

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

heard a noise. She looked back

not sure but she actually felt that he

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

got nothing

held her blanket, and walked

the

where are

asked worriedly in deep

ridiculous

blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom.

more words

they continued

food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat

But Grace could still sense the

with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting his

she tried to avoid

door and said solemnly

hope you get better

then he smiled.

warm, but Grace

seemed to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

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

Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now

phone, “Yes,

There was an undetectable coldness in

with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued.

entered

the specific details of the

The door opened and one of her old friend

Lo, how is it going?”

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

Leno brought her a

envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no

paper floated down

said, “Ms.

she read it silently, she reached out

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile,

on