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 … Caden, what

he showed up and why

Never!

She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from

him away as long

have to suffer from the

would she

all she needed to do was to make

her phone,

moment, no one knew what she was

opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the

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

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

at the right time.”

that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in

noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

felt that he had been

say, as if

had got

around, held her blanket, and

the door, Caden

are you

worriedly

laughed out. How ridiculous

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

more

in the morning, they continued their normal boring

Grace opened the door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat

But Grace could still sense

raised her head and met his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection.

herself because she

door and said solemnly

hope you

at first and then he

Grace

to have reached a

One month passed.

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

to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t want to

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

come back.” There was an undetectable

Cayne would end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to have disappeared from

cooperation had entered its second

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

office. The door opened

how is it

over, Grace was still thinking about whether she

brought her

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

piece of paper floated down from

“Ms. Grace

silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on the