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.

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

he showed

Never!

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

knew that Ingemar would take him away

wouldn’t have to suffer

she

knew all she needed to do was to

phone, her hands were

her eyes … At that moment, no one

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

interface of the address

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

at the right time.”

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 been

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

got nothing to

held her

reached the door, Caden grabbed her

are you

asked worriedly

How ridiculous and ironic

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

no more words

morning, they continued

food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down and ate

fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting his

she tried to avoid

at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like

hope you get

first and then he smiled. “Sure! I

Grace felt that it was

seemed to have

One month passed.

that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a

to her on the phone, “Yes,

was an

But the cooperation continued. However,

entered

meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as

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

it going?” Grace

came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should

brought her a

was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at

floated down

said, “Ms. Grace James

reached out

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he

on the