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.

him why he showed up

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came

take him away as long as she

have to

she

knew all she needed to do was to make a phone

her phone, her hands

At that moment, no one knew what

the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed,

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

the rain into the room and rain

at the right time.” She murmured

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

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden

actually felt that he had been standing there

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

got

her blanket, and

she reached the door, Caden

where are

asked worriedly in

ridiculous and ironic the

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

more words

the morning, they

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

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still sense the passion

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

because she tried

she turned around at the door and said solemnly to

hope you

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

Grace felt that it was

to have reached a

One month passed.

done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it still took

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

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

was an undetectable coldness in

cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to

cooperation had entered its second

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

of Grace’s office. The door opened

it going?” Grace

she should visit her partner after

Leno brought her

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

of paper floated down from the

“Ms. Grace James

out and asked

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on