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.

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

why he showed up and

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came

him away as long as she

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she hate

all she needed to do

her phone, her hands

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew what she was

barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile phone onto

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

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

at the right time.” She murmured in

looked outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed

noise. She looked back and

felt that he had been standing there for

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

got

her blanket, and walked

the door, Caden

where are

asked worriedly in deep

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

no more words

morning, they

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

before. But Grace could still

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

because she tried

at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like an innocent

hope you get

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

but Grace felt that it was

to have

One month passed.

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

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

the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun.

There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from

entered its

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

The door opened and one of her old friend

it going?” Grace greeted

thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

Leno brought her a

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

piece of paper floated

“Ms. Grace James

she read it silently, she reached out

Meanwhile,

turned on the