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.

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

why he showed up and

Never!

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

Ingemar would take him away

to

she hate

needed to do

phone, her hands were

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew what she

opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked

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

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

didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured in a low

was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in

She looked back and

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

if

got

around, held her blanket,

the door, Caden

are you

worriedly in deep

out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

had no more

morning, they continued their normal boring

the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down and ate

before. But Grace could still sense

with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid

laughed at herself because she tried to

at the door and

I hope you

first and then he smiled.

was warm, but Grace felt that it

seemed to have

One month passed.

got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

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

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

an

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

cooperation had entered

both sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as

of Grace’s office. The

is it

over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner

brought her a

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 opened the

of paper floated down from

“Ms.

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

asked. Meanwhile,

on the