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

never asked him why he showed up and why he came

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him away as long as she called

have to

would she

knew all she needed to do was to make

clenched her phone, her

moment, no one knew what she

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

screen of her phone was still on. It was the interface of

the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

storm didn’t come at the right time.” She

window in concentration. She was so focused that

heard a noise. She looked back and saw

that he had been standing there for

if they were a

had got nothing

around, held her blanket, and

the door, Caden

are

worriedly in

How ridiculous and ironic

into the bedroom.

more

in the morning, they

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

Grace could still sense the passion in

were dark and shining with affection. She had

she

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

I hope you get better

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

but Grace felt that it was too

to have reached

One month passed.

done in

are picking up girls in Italy now

on the phone, “Yes, I’m

There was an undetectable coldness in

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

had entered

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

office. The door opened

Lo, how is it going?” Grace greeted

about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation

brought her a

that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and

piece of paper floated down from the

“Ms. Grace

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

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

on the