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 door …

why he showed up and why he

Never!

whether the sound she heard

would take him away as

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she hate

she needed to do was to make a

clenched her phone, her hands

that moment,

on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile

still on. It was the interface of the

rain into the room and rain dropped on

come at the right

window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t

noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

not sure but she actually felt that he had

to say, as if they were a couple that had

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and

as she reached the

are

asked worriedly in

How ridiculous and ironic the question

bedroom. Then he closed

had no more words all

in the morning, they

of the food floated into the bedroom from

But Grace could still sense the

shining with affection. She had to lower her head and

herself because she

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden

hope you

daze at first and then he

sunshine was warm, but Grace

have reached a

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

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

to her on the phone,

an undetectable

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

had entered its

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

door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one

Lo, how is it going?” Grace greeted

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

brought her

no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno and then opened the

piece of paper floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

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

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on the