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. She powerlessly leaned

never asked him why he showed up

Never!

whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

take him away as long as she called

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

she hate

to do was to make a phone

phone,

At that moment, no one

floor barefoot and walked towards the

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

blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on her face

right time.”

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

looked back and saw Caden

but she actually felt that he had been standing there for

to say, as if they were a couple

got

held her blanket, and

as she reached the door, Caden grabbed her

where are you

worriedly

laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic the

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

more words all

the morning, they continued their normal

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

Grace could

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

at herself because she tried to avoid his

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

you get better

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

warm, but Grace felt that it

have reached a

One month passed.

done in

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

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

end. But the cooperation continued. However, Cayne seemed to

had entered its second

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

knocked on the door of Grace’s office. The door opened and one of her old friend came

it

she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

brought

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

floated down from

said, “Ms. Grace James

silently, she reached out and asked

it for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a

on