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.

anymore. She

why he showed up and why he came

Never!

whether the sound she heard

Ingemar would take him away

have to

she

knew all she needed to do was to

her phone,

that moment,

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

was still on. It was the interface of the

the window, and then the wind blew the rain into the room and

right time.” She murmured in a low

window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in

a noise. She looked back

she actually felt that he had been standing

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

had got nothing to

her blanket, and

as she reached the door,

where are you

asked worriedly in

ridiculous and ironic the question

from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he

had no more words

they

bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down

fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection.

she tried to avoid his

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

I hope you get better

a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it was

to have reached

One month passed.

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

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

her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

was an undetectable coldness

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

cooperation had entered its second

were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of

Grace’s office. The

is it going?”

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

brought her

was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno

floated down from the

said, “Ms.

out and asked Leno, “Do

asked. Meanwhile, he

on