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

showed up and why he

Never!

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

knew that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to suffer from the

would she hate

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone,

eyes … At that moment, no one

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

was still on. It was the interface of the

blew the rain

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

concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t

heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden

that he

if they were a couple that had been married for

had got nothing to

her blanket, and

reached the door, Caden grabbed

are you

worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

into the bedroom.

had no more words all

they continued their

fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room.

than before. But Grace could still sense the

shining with affection. She

because she tried to avoid

and said solemnly to Caden who behaved

I hope you get better

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

but Grace felt

have reached a

One month passed.

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

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

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

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to

had entered its

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

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

is it going?” Grace greeted

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

Leno brought her

was an envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno

of paper floated

said, “Ms. Grace

reached out and asked

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

turned on the