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 didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against

why he showed up and why

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound she

him away

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she

all she needed to do was to

clenched her phone, her

that moment,

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

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

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

come at the right time.”

in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a

as if they were a couple that

got nothing to

her blanket, and

the door, Caden grabbed

where are you

asked worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic

took the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door

no more words all

they continued their normal boring

bedroom from the living room. After she

words than before. But Grace

with affection.

herself because she tried

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

I hope you get

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

but Grace felt that it

seemed to have

One month passed.

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

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

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness in

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

entered its

specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some

knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one of her old friend

it going?”

she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

brought her

dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address

piece of paper floated down from the

said, “Ms. Grace James

out and

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

on