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.

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

showed

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him away as

wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she

knew all she needed to do was to make

her phone, her hands

that moment, no one knew what she was

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

was still on. It was the interface

wind blew the rain into the room and

the right time.” She

looked outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she

She looked back and

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

didn’t know what to say, as if

got nothing to

turned around, held her blanket, and

the

are

asked worriedly in deep

out. How ridiculous and

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

had no more words all

they

of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed

But Grace could still

shining with affection. She

laughed at herself because she tried

and

hope you get

then he smiled. “Sure!

warm, but Grace felt that it was

seemed to have reached

One month passed.

things done in Italy. Humbert

“I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and

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

There was an undetectable coldness

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

entered its

discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as

office. The

it going?”

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should

brought her

light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the

of paper floated down

“Ms. Grace

out and asked Leno, “Do you

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

on the