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

why he showed up and why

Never!

couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard came from the bathroom

take him away as long as she called

have to suffer

would she hate

to do was to make a phone

phone,

closed her eyes … At that moment, no one knew what

Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile phone onto the

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

blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on her face

the right

window in concentration. She was so focused that

she suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw

but she actually felt that he had been standing there for

say, as if they

had got nothing to

held her blanket,

as she reached the door,

are

asked worriedly in deep

How ridiculous and

her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed

no more words all

morning, they continued their

into the bedroom from the living

had fewer words than before. But Grace could still

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

herself because she tried to

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

I hope you get better

and then he smiled. “Sure! I will get

was warm, but Grace felt

to have reached

One month passed.

he almost got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it

to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up

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

an undetectable coldness in

the cooperation continued. However,

entered its

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

of Grace’s office. The door opened and one

it going?” Grace greeted

she should visit her

brought

was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno and then opened the

piece of paper floated down

said, “Ms. Grace

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

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

on the