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.

pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what

him why he showed up and why he

Never!

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

take him away as long as she

have to

would she

she needed to do was to make a phone

phone, her hands were

that moment, no one knew

floor barefoot and walked towards the

her phone was still on. It was the interface

the window, and then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

come at the right

the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing

what to say, as if they were a

had got

her blanket, and walked

as she reached the door,

where are you

worriedly in

out. How ridiculous and

the bedroom. Then he closed

had no more words all

the morning, they continued

Grace opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After

Grace

head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She

because she tried to

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

I hope you

at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

Grace felt that

to have reached a

One month passed.

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

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

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

an undetectable

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

entered

again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail

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

Lo, how is it going?”

about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the

Leno brought her

blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno and then opened the

piece of paper floated

“Ms. Grace James

she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

turned on