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.

cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door

why he showed up and

Never!

sound she heard came from the

would take him away as long

she wouldn’t have to suffer from the mixed

would she

do was to make

her phone, her hands

that moment, no one knew

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

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

the rain into

at the right time.” She

She was so focused that she

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

but she actually felt that he

moment, they didn’t know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been married

got nothing

around, held her blanket, and

the door, Caden grabbed her

are

worriedly

out. How ridiculous and ironic

hurriedly took the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the

no more

the morning, they continued

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

before. But Grace could still sense the

eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast

because she tried to avoid

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

hope you

first and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get better as you

but Grace

to have reached a

One month passed.

heard that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a

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, you don’t want to

on the phone,

an undetectable coldness in

cooperation

cooperation had entered

ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of

Vivian knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door

it going?”

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

Leno brought her

that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and

floated

“Ms. Grace James

she reached out and

Meanwhile, he

turned on the