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.

to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door

him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

the sound she heard

take him away as

to

would she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

phone, her hands

her eyes … At that moment, no one

barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed

It was the interface of the address book which displayed a

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

right time.” She murmured in a low

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

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

was not sure but she actually felt that he had

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

had got nothing to

held her blanket, and walked

she reached the door,

where are you

worriedly in

ridiculous

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

more words

they continued their

fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from

before. But Grace could still sense the

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

because she tried

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

I hope you get

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

but Grace

seemed to have

One month passed.

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

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,

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

thought her cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne

entered its

to discuss the specific details

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

it

about whether she should visit her partner after

Leno brought her a

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

of paper floated down

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have a

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on