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.

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

asked him why he showed up and why he

Never!

held her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came

Ingemar would take him away as long

to

would she

to do was to make a

clenched her phone, her hands were

that moment,

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

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface

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

right

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

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw

she actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been married for

had got

turned around, held her blanket, and walked

the door, Caden grabbed her

are

asked worriedly in deep

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

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

had no more words all

the morning, they continued their normal boring

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

than before. But Grace could still

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

herself because she tried to

turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who

I hope you

a daze at first and then he smiled.

but Grace

have reached a

One month passed.

almost got all things done in

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

her on the phone,

was an

cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from

entered

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

office. The door opened and one of

it going?” Grace

she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

Leno brought her

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

of paper floated

“Ms. Grace

reached out and asked Leno, “Do you

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on