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.

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

asked him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she hate

needed to do was to

clenched her phone, her hands were

At that moment, no one knew what she

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

It was the interface of the

wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

right time.”

before the window in concentration. She was so focused that

noise. She looked

felt that he had been standing there

know what to say, as if they were a couple

got

turned around, held her blanket, and

she reached the

are you

asked worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous

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

no more words all

they

Grace opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the

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

his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection.

herself because she tried to avoid

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to

you

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

but Grace felt that

to have reached

One month passed.

trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not

up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you

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

was an undetectable coldness in

But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne

entered its

again to discuss the specific details of

afternoon, Vivian knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened

how is it going?” Grace greeted

Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after

brought her a

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

paper floated down from

“Ms. Grace

she reached out and asked

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

turned on the