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 the

opened the report, and pointed at

Payne is getting worse

condition continues to deteriorate, he may need more than a bone marrow transplant. “

“Tell me what’s

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

If she didn’t mistake what the doctor meant, Payne was….

the consequences

she clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

need a kidney transplant.”

her fists. Of

with growth factor. This’s the second day.

know what you

until the day of the bone marrow transplant. “

for a moment

guarantee what

spoke, he took out

could only hope that Mr. James stays

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

do you really want

remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your health condition, there is a

you are in danger during or

off guard by the question. She hadn’t thought about what would

she opened them again, her gaze

was

afraid of death. She acted as if she didn’t care about anything, as if she

to speak out…. She wanted….

needle went into her flesh and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing the nurse beside

with force and

saw a tall man. His face was so icy that the nurse trembled with fear. “Why did you

scared that she almost bit her tongue.... The man was so terrifying!

beat and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her muscle seemed to have memories of itself and wouldn’t stop trembling.

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

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

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

The sound they made seemed to come from the depths of hell. She

Bang!

another deafening sound.

with force and pushed her into the chair. He

‘leave you alone’?” The man gritted his teeth and asked. Even so, his twitching cheeks showed

froze and blanched

you escaping again?”

and whispered