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.

be cool anymore. She powerlessly

showed up and why

Never!

whether the sound she

him away as

wouldn’t have to suffer from the

would she hate

she needed to do

phone, her

… At that moment, no one

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

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

didn’t come at the right

that she didn’t

looked back and saw Caden standing at the

was not sure but she actually felt that he had been standing there

know what to say, as if they were a couple that had been

had got nothing to

her

reached the door, Caden grabbed

are

worriedly

ridiculous and ironic the question

her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and

more

in the morning, they continued their

the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed

Grace could still sense the passion in

gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with affection. She had

laughed at herself because she tried

at the door and

you

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

but Grace felt that it was too

have reached a tacit

One month passed.

almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not

are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of fun. So, you don’t want to go

jokingly said to her on the phone,

There was an undetectable coldness

would end. But the cooperation continued. However,

cooperation had entered

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

the door of Grace’s office. The door

is it going?” Grace greeted

whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered

Leno brought her a

no signature and no address on the surface of

paper floated

letter said, “Ms.

out

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

on the