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,

never asked him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or

that Ingemar would take him away as

to suffer from the

she

she needed to do was to make a

her phone, her

her eyes … At that moment, no

the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed

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

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

the right time.” She murmured in a

focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water

she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing

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

know what to say, as if

got

held her

as she reached the door, Caden grabbed

are

asked worriedly in

out. How ridiculous

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

more words

they continued their normal

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

words than before. But Grace

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

she tried to

turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden

you

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

was warm, but Grace felt that it was

seemed to have reached a

One month passed.

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

you are picking up girls in Italy now

phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m also

an

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

cooperation had entered its

the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down

The door opened

is it going?” Grace greeted

she should visit her partner after the cooperation

brought her a

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

paper floated

“Ms.

out

Meanwhile,

on the