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.

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

he showed up

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

him

have to suffer from the

she

all she needed to do was to make a phone

phone, her hands

closed her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw

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

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

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

concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the

She looked back and saw

sure but she actually felt that he had

to say, as if they were a couple that had been

had got

held her

she reached the door, Caden

where are you

worriedly in

out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

had no more

morning, they

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

before. But Grace could still

His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower

laughed at herself because she tried to avoid his

she left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden

hope you get

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

Grace

seemed to have

One month passed.

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

and said to Humbert, “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

the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But,

come back.” There was an

thought her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

had entered its

meet again to discuss the specific

Grace’s office. The door

Lo, how is it

thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the

brought

There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope.

of paper floated

“Ms.

silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do

asked. Meanwhile,

turned on the