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.

pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the

him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

held her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from

him away as long as she

have to suffer from the mixed

would she

all she needed to do was

her phone, her hands

At that moment, no one knew

bit. Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed,

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which

the rain into the room

right time.” She murmured in a low

She was so focused that she didn’t

a noise. She looked

felt that he had been standing there for

to say, as if they were a couple that

had got

around, held her blanket,

she reached the door,

are

worriedly in

out. How ridiculous and ironic the

bedroom. Then he closed

no more words

they continued

the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she

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

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

she tried to avoid his

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

you get

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt

to have

One month passed.

Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it still took

are picking up

on the phone,

come back.” There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

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

entered its second

representatives of both sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well as nail down some details

the door of Grace’s office. The door

is it going?” Grace

still thinking about whether she should

brought her a

no signature and no address on the surface

floated down

“Ms. Grace

read it silently, she reached out and asked Leno,

Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on