I've Been There Before

“By the way, I won’t go to the James Group tomorrow morning.”

“You got something else to do?”

“I’m a little tired. I want to take a rest. Vivian, I’ll let you take charge of the James Group. Don’t let me down,” Grace said with a tired look on her face.

She told the half-truths and stood up. “I won’t keep you for dinner. I’m going to sleep. I don’t know why I get tired so easily these days.”

Hearing what she said, Vivian looked at Grace with concerns. “Take good care of yourself. Alright, I’m leaving. There’s no need to rush to work. I got you.

You even gave me the shares of the James Group. You really don’t regret it?”

Vivian was suspicious. Grace might do so to win Vivian over. But in fact, even if Grace hadn’t given her the shares, Vivian would still follow Grace.

When Vivian reached the door, Grace stopped her, “Wait.”

“Is there anything else?”

“We are no longer in our early twenties. Vivian, time and tide wait for no man. We already have wrinkles around the corners of our eyes.”

“That’s right. I remember when we were young. We used to laugh out loud and feel carefree. Now, we stop doing that.” The two laughed, feeling delighted. “Anyway, I’m leaving. You should have a good rest.”

“I’ll walk you to the elevator.”

“Why being so polite? It’s not like we’ll never see each other again.”

Laughing and joking, they left the room one after the other. The door opened and Vivian walked into the elevator. The moment the door was about to close, she looked up and saw Grace gazing at her with a smile. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat.

She shook her head, not knowing why.

Vivian left the building. On the way back, she felt a little uneasy.

But she had no idea what was wrong.

The next day....

A woman came to the hospital unobtrusively.

“Miss Grace, do you feel the same as you did yesterday?”

It was the same nurse who had injected her with the growth factor yesterday.

“How is his condition today?”

Grace asked.

“Please wait for a while. The hospital arranges medical examinations for Mr. James every day,” said the nurse, looking up at the clock, “Don’t worry. The report will come out soon.”

With that, a doctor in a white coat scurried over with a stack of documents in his hand, “Miss Grace, you just came at a good time.

This was Mr. Payne’s latest report.

a look here. This indicator deviates from

walked over to Grace, opened the report, and pointed at the results of the

Mr. Payne is getting worse day

… if his condition continues to deteriorate, he may need more than a bone

“Tell me what’s

from kidney failure.” The doctor looked at the silent lady and pursed

skipped a beat…. If she didn’t mistake what the doctor meant,

are the consequences of

she clenched her fists tightly.

It couldn’t be….

would need a kidney transplant.”

fists. Of course!

with growth factor. This’s the second day.

you

report, we could wait until the day of the bone

paused for a moment before continuing,

can’t guarantee what will happen.”

he spoke, he took out

could only hope that Mr. James stays

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

on,” she said.

want to donate

and Mr. Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous at all.

is just one possibility. What if you are

question. She hadn’t thought about what would happen after she donated her bone marrow.

gaze was firm. “Please continue to inject me with

was like

She acted as if she didn’t care about anything, as if she left everything behind. She

hope that she had never dared to speak out…. She wanted…. She never gave up.

flesh and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing the nurse beside her to poke the

with force and smashed into the wall with

pushed the door, she saw a tall man. His face was so icy that

sharp gaze. The nurse was so scared that she

were trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her muscle seemed to have memories

his face. His handsome face was

tried all she could to stable her trembling arms. She struggled to straighten her back. She wanted to face him. She wanted to show him

best to resist him. However, what she was doing was ridiculous and childish and meaningless to

made seemed to come from the depths

Bang!

was another deafening sound.

the chair. He hit the back of the chair

man gritted his teeth and asked. Even so, his twitching cheeks showed that he

blanched at his

escaping

and whispered in