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.

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

he showed up and why

Never!

identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

him

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

she hate

do was to make

her phone, her hands

At that moment, no one knew what she was

walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she

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

window, and then the wind blew the rain into the

didn’t come at the right time.”

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

She looked back and saw

actually felt that he had been

to say, as if they were a couple that had been married

got nothing

around, held her

the door,

are

asked worriedly in deep

almost laughed out. How ridiculous

and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the

no more words all

in the morning, they

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

Grace could still

and shining with affection. She had to lower her

because she

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

I hope you

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

but Grace

seemed to have reached

One month passed.

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

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

to her on the phone,

an

cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued.

had entered its second

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

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

how is it going?” Grace

she should visit her partner after the

brought

envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface

paper floated

“Ms. Grace James

it silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw

on the