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

never asked him why he showed up and

Never!

her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound

knew that Ingemar would take him away as long as she called

wouldn’t have to suffer from

would she hate

to do was to make a

her phone, her hands were

… At that moment, no one knew what she

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

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

wind blew the rain into

right time.” She murmured in

in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that the sound of water in bathroom wasn’t

She looked back and

she actually felt that

as if they were a

got nothing to

held her blanket,

the door,

where are you

worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and

her into the bedroom.

no more

they

bedroom from the living

than before. But Grace could

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

herself because she tried

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

you get better

at first and then he smiled. “Sure! I

Grace felt

to have reached a

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

were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls

on the phone, “Yes,

an undetectable

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

entered its

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

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

Lo, how is it going?”

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after

brought

blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at

of paper floated

said, “Ms. Grace James

it silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you

asked. Meanwhile, he

on the