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 leaned against

why he showed up and why

Never!

whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

knew that Ingemar would take him

have to suffer from the mixed

would she

needed to do was to make a phone

phone, her hands were

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

eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window.

still on. It was the interface of the address

and then the wind blew the rain

right time.” She murmured

was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the

looked back and saw Caden standing at

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

they didn’t know what to say, as if they were a couple that

got nothing to

turned around, held her blanket, and

she reached the door, Caden grabbed her

where are

asked worriedly in

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

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

had no more

morning, they continued their normal boring

the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up,

words than before. But Grace

with affection. She had to lower her head

herself because she tried to avoid his

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

you

in a daze at first and then he smiled.

but Grace felt that it was too

have

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but

“I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t want to

the phone,

an undetectable coldness

But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have

cooperation had entered its

the specific details

The door opened and one of her old friend came

how is it going?” Grace

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after

brought her

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

of paper floated down from

said, “Ms. Grace James

she read it silently, she reached out and asked

Meanwhile, he threw

turned on