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.

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

he showed up and

Never!

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

that Ingemar would take him

wouldn’t have to suffer

would she

needed to do was to make a phone

clenched her phone, her

her eyes … At that moment, no one knew

barefoot and walked

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

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

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

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

later, she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at the

felt that he had been standing there for a

if they were

got nothing to

turned around, held her blanket, and

reached the door, Caden grabbed

are

asked worriedly

How ridiculous and ironic the question

into the bedroom. Then he

had no more words all

the morning, they

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

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

his gaze. His eyes were dark and shining with

laughed at herself because she tried to

turned around at the door and said solemnly to Caden who

you get

at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

Grace felt that it

have reached

One month passed.

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

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

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

an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

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

had entered its second

discuss the specific details of the cooperation as well

office. The door opened and one of her old friend came

Lo, how is it going?” Grace greeted

still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the

Leno brought

was no signature and no address on the surface of

piece of paper floated down

“Ms.

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

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

turned on the