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.

didn’t pretend to be cool anymore.

why he showed up and why

Never!

held her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as she

to suffer

she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her hands

moment, no one knew

eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window.

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name “Ingemar”.

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

didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured

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

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back

was not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

what to say, as if they were a couple that

got nothing to

turned around, held her blanket,

the door, Caden grabbed

are you

asked worriedly in

out. How ridiculous and ironic the question

blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, “I’ll sleep in the living

had no more words all

morning, they

the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room.

before. But Grace

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head

because she

turned around at the door and said solemnly to

I hope you get

then he smiled. “Sure! I will get

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt

seemed to have reached a tacit

One month passed.

heard that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in

Maybe you are picking up girls

said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun.

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed

entered its

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

the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and

how is it going?” Grace

whether she should visit

brought her

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

floated down from

said, “Ms. Grace James

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

asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on the