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.

This indicator deviates

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

getting worse

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

me what’s

report shows he might suffer from kidney failure.” The doctor looked at the silent

a beat…. If she didn’t mistake what

are the consequences of kidney

clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

a kidney

her fists.

with growth factor. This’s the second day. Is his condition…?”

know what you

we could wait until the day of the bone

for a moment before continuing,

we can’t guarantee

he spoke, he took out another test

of your condition…, we could only hope that Mr. James

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

on,” she

want to

need to remain anonymous

just one possibility. What if you are in

thought about what would

closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her gaze was firm. “Please continue to inject me with growth

was

she didn’t care about anything, as

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

and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing

pushed open with force and smashed

Just as she turned around and was about to reprimand the person who pushed the door, she saw a tall man. His face was so icy that

sharp gaze. The nurse was so scared that she almost bit her tongue....

disbelief. Her heart skipped a beat and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her

step by step with a terrifying look on his face. His handsome face was ferocious and daunting. He gritted his teeth as if

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

him. However, what she was

sound they made seemed to come from

Bang!

was another deafening

pushed her into the chair. He hit the

Even so, his

froze and blanched at his icy

you escaping

man suppressed his wrath and whispered in her ear.