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 against

never asked him why he showed

Never!

the sound she heard came from

knew that Ingemar would take him away

to suffer from the

she

knew all she needed to do was to make

her phone,

… At that moment, no one knew

barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed,

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

the rain into the room and rain

right time.” She

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

she suddenly heard a noise. She looked

felt that he had

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

got nothing

around, held her blanket,

the door, Caden grabbed

where are

worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the

bedroom. Then he closed the door and said,

no more words all

the morning, they continued their

the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat

than before. But Grace could still sense the passion

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to

she tried to avoid

turned around at the door and said solemnly to

you get

a daze at first and then he

Grace felt that it

seemed to have

One month passed.

in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big

Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of

phone, “Yes, I’m

was an undetectable coldness in

But the cooperation continued. However,

cooperation had entered its

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

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

Lo, how is it going?”

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the

brought her

no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She

of paper floated down from the

“Ms. Grace James

out and asked Leno, “Do you have

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on