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

showed up and

Never!

held her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound

Ingemar would take him away as

to

would she hate

all she needed to do

clenched her phone, her hands

… At that moment, no one

She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window.

still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name

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

didn’t come at the right time.”

She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that

a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

felt that he had been standing there for a

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

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and

the

where are you

worriedly in

laughed out. How ridiculous and

from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he

no more words

the morning, they continued their normal boring

opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she

before. But Grace could still sense the passion

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to

herself because she tried to avoid

left, she turned around at the door and

I hope you get

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that

to have reached

One month passed.

when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it

were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun.

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m also

was an undetectable coldness in

thought her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

cooperation had entered

specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details discussed

on the door of Grace’s office. The door

it going?” Grace

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

Leno brought

signature and no address

of paper floated down from

“Ms.

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

Meanwhile, he threw a

turned on the