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.

the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door

asked him why he showed up and why he

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to suffer

she

to do was to make a

her phone, her hands were

that moment, no one knew

barefoot and walked

was the interface of the address book which displayed

rain

right time.” She murmured in a low

window in concentration. She was so focused that

She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

but she actually felt that he had been

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

got nothing

her

she reached the door, Caden grabbed

where are you

asked worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

more

morning, they continued

floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still

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

because she tried to avoid

turned around at the door and said solemnly to

I hope you get better

in a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get

was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

seemed to have

One month passed.

almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not

up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So,

jokingly said to her on the phone, “Yes, I’m

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

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

cooperation had entered its

again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details discussed

The door opened and one

how is it going?”

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

brought

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

piece of paper floated down from

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

read it silently, she reached out and

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a

on