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 against the door … Caden,

never asked him why he showed up and why

Never!

identify whether the sound she heard came from the

knew that Ingemar would take him away as

she wouldn’t have to suffer from

she

do was to make a

her phone, her hands were

… At that moment, no one

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

was the interface of

opened the window, and then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on her

storm didn’t come at the right time.” She murmured in a low

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

noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing

actually felt that he had been standing there for

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

got nothing to

her

as she reached the door,

are you

worriedly

almost laughed out. How ridiculous and ironic

took the blanket from her and pushed her into the bedroom. Then he closed the

more words all

in the morning, they continued

bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up,

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

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

laughed at herself because she tried

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

I hope you get

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

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it

have reached a

One month passed.

got all things done in Italy. Humbert said it was not a big deal, but it still took

kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy

phone,

back.” There was an undetectable coldness in Grace’s

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

cooperation had entered its second

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

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

Lo, how is it going?” Grace

still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the

Leno brought her

light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the

piece of paper floated down from

said, “Ms. Grace

out and asked Leno, “Do

Leno asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

turned on the