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.

indicator deviates from the

opened the report, and pointed at the results of the

Mr. Payne is getting worse day by

to deteriorate, he may need more than a bone

blinked, “Tell me what’s going

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

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

are the consequences

she clenched

It couldn’t be….

a kidney transplant.”

her fists. Of

injected with growth factor. This’s the second day.

what you want

the current report, we could wait until the day of the bone

for a moment before continuing,

can’t guarantee what

took

your condition…, we could only hope that

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

you really want to donate

no need to remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your

is just one possibility. What if you are in

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

opened them again, her gaze was firm. “Please continue to inject me

it was

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

that she had never dared to speak out….

went into her flesh and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a

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

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

that she almost bit her tongue.... The

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

approached step by step with a terrifying look on his face. His handsome face was ferocious and daunting.

her back. She wanted to face him. She wanted to show him that she was

was doing was ridiculous and childish and meaningless to him.

to come from the depths of hell. She stood up suddenly and

Bang!

another

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

asked. Even so, his twitching

blanched at his icy

escaping

man suppressed his wrath and whispered in her