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.

didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She

he showed up and why

Never!

the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

take him away as long as she called

have to

would she hate

needed to do was to

phone,

that moment, no one knew

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

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”.

opened the window, and then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped

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

that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

noise. She looked back and

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing

if they were a couple

had got nothing to

turned around, held her

reached the door, Caden

where are you

worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic

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

more words

the morning, they continued their normal

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

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still

his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast

herself because she tried to avoid his

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

you get better

first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better as you

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it was

have reached a

One month passed.

things done in

to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls

phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

thought her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from her

had entered

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

door of Grace’s office. The door opened

is it going?”

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after

brought her a

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.

she read it silently, she reached out and

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

turned on the