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.

closed the door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door … Caden, what should I

he showed up and why he

Never!

whether the sound she heard

take him away as long as she called

have to suffer from the

would she

needed to do was to

her phone,

At that moment, no

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

the interface of the address book which displayed a

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

at the right time.” She murmured

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

a noise. She looked back and saw Caden

not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

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

got

around, held her blanket, and walked

as she reached the door, Caden grabbed her

are

asked worriedly in

ridiculous and

the bedroom.

no more words all

they continued their normal boring

into the bedroom from the

Grace could still

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

herself because she tried to avoid

she left, she turned around at the door and said solemnly to

I hope you

in a daze at first and then he

Grace felt that

to have

One month passed.

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

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

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

was an

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

had entered its

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

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

is it going?” Grace

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

Leno brought her

ink patterns. There was no signature and no address

piece of paper floated

“Ms.

out and asked Leno, “Do you

for?” Leno asked. Meanwhile,

turned on the