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.

look here. This indicator deviates

doctor walked over to Grace, opened the report, and pointed

Payne is getting worse

indicate that … if his condition continues to deteriorate, he may

blinked, “Tell me what’s

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

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

consequences of

she clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

would need a

fists. Of

have been injected with growth factor. This’s the

what you

could wait until the day of the bone marrow

paused for a moment

we can’t guarantee what will happen.”

he took

miss. In light of your condition…, we could only hope that Mr.

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

on,” she

want to donate anonymously?”

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

you are in danger

hadn’t thought about what would happen after she donated her

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

was

as if she didn’t care about anything, as if she

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

like a dead tree, or a

a huge bang, the door was pushed open with force and smashed into the

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 the nurse trembled

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

skipped a beat and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her muscle seemed to have memories of

His handsome face was ferocious and daunting. He gritted his teeth as

could to stable her trembling arms. She struggled to straighten her

what she was doing was ridiculous and childish and

to come from the depths of hell. She stood up suddenly and was about to escape in

Bang!

was another

force and pushed her into the chair. He hit the back of the chair with

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

froze and blanched at

escaping again?”

his wrath and whispered in her