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.

she closed the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door

showed up and why he came

Never!

sound she

that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she

she needed to do

her phone, her hands

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

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

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

the rain into the room and rain dropped on her face and

come at the right time.” She

so focused that she didn’t noticed that

She looked back and saw Caden

but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a

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

got nothing

around, held her blanket, and walked

reached the door,

are you

asked worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door

more words all

the morning, they continued their

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

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion in his

and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat

laughed at herself because she tried

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

you get better

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

was warm, but Grace felt that it

to have reached a

One month passed.

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

and said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t want to

said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

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

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

cooperation had entered its

sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific

the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and

Lo, how is it going?” Grace

still thinking about whether she should

brought her

was an envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the

floated down

“Ms.

out

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

on the