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.

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

never asked him why he showed up

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came

would take him away as long as

to suffer from the mixed

she hate

she needed to do was to make

phone, her hands

… At that moment, no one knew

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

the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”. He called

the wind blew the rain into the

storm didn’t come at the right time.”

so focused that she didn’t noticed that the

She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

felt that he had been standing there for a

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

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and walked

she reached the

are

asked worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

more words all

they

the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down and

words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion in his

with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting his

she tried to

around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved

you get

and then he smiled. “Sure! I

was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

to have reached a

One month passed.

that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but

you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now

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

back.” There was an undetectable

would end. But the cooperation continued.

entered

specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down

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

it going?” Grace greeted

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit

brought

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 and then opened the

piece of paper floated down from the

“Ms.

she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on