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.

be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what should

why he showed up

Never!

identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

knew that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to

would she

needed to do was to make a

phone, her

eyes … At that moment, no one

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

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

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

right time.” She murmured in a

She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the

heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

that he had

moment, they didn’t know what to say, as if they were

had got nothing

around, held her

the door, Caden grabbed

where are you

worriedly in

out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

more words

they continued their normal

bedroom from the living room.

before. But Grace could still sense the

dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and

at herself because she tried to avoid his

turned around at the door and said solemnly

hope you get better

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

have reached a

One month passed.

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

just smiled and said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t want to go

her on the phone,

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have

had entered its second

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

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

how is it

was still thinking about whether she should

brought her

blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the

floated

letter said, “Ms. Grace

it silently, she reached out and

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on