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.

anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the

him why he showed up

Never!

the sound she heard came from the bathroom or the

him away as long as she called

wouldn’t have to suffer from the

would she hate

knew all she needed to do was to

her phone,

At that moment, no

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

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

window, and then the wind blew the rain into the

come at the right time.” She murmured in

focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t running

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

was not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing

say, as if they were a couple that had been

got

held her blanket, and walked

she reached the door, Caden

where are you

asked worriedly in deep

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

more words all

morning, they continued

of the food floated into the bedroom from the living

Grace could still

dark and shining with affection.

laughed at herself because she tried to

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who behaved like an

I hope you get better

at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

was warm, but Grace felt that it was too

seemed to have

One month passed.

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

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

the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

was an undetectable coldness

end. But the cooperation continued.

entered its second

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

office. The

how is it going?”

Lo came over, Grace was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation

Leno brought her a

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

floated down from the

letter said, “Ms. Grace James

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

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile,

on