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

him why he showed

Never!

the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

take him away as long as she

wouldn’t have to suffer from the

she

needed to do was

clenched her phone,

… At that moment, no one

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

was the interface of the address book which displayed a name

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

come at the right time.” She murmured

so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of

noise. She looked back

sure but she actually felt that

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

had got

turned around, held her blanket, and

the door,

are you

worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

no more

the morning, they continued

fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from

But Grace

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with

herself because she tried to avoid

the door and said

I hope you

was in a daze at first and then he smiled.

was warm, but Grace felt

have reached

One month passed.

all things done in Italy. Humbert said

Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes,

There was an undetectable

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

entered

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

The door opened and one of

how is it going?” Grace

whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

Leno brought her a

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

paper floated down

said, “Ms. Grace

she read it silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on