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 the door …

him why he showed up and

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him away as

wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she

do

clenched her phone,

… At that moment, no one knew what

on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed

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

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

the right time.” She murmured in a low

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

looked back and saw Caden

felt that he had

as if they were a couple that had been

had got nothing to

turned around, held her blanket, and

the

are

asked worriedly

How ridiculous and ironic the question

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

no more words all

they continued

Grace opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the

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

because she

at the door and said solemnly to

you get better

and then he smiled. “Sure! I

but Grace felt

seemed to have

One month passed.

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

picking up girls in Italy

the phone, “Yes, I’m having

There was an undetectable

with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

cooperation had entered its

representatives of both sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some

knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened

how is it going?” Grace

whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

brought

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

of paper floated down from

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

it silently, she reached out

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile,

on the