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 normal level.”

opened the report, and pointed

getting worse day

his condition continues to deteriorate, he may need more than

blinked, “Tell me what’s going on.”

doctor looked at the

a beat…. If she didn’t mistake what

are the consequences of

she clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

a

her fists. Of

been injected with growth factor. This’s the second

what you want to

we could wait until the day of the

paused for a moment before

we can’t guarantee what will

he took out another test

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

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

really want to

Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your health condition, there is

What if you are in danger during or

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

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

was like a

of death. She acted as if she didn’t care about anything, as if she left everything behind. She acted like she had… given up on

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

dead tree, or a specimen, allowing the nurse beside her to poke the needle into her.

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

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

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

and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself

his face. His handsome face was ferocious and daunting. He gritted his teeth as if he was going to tear her

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

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

The sound they made seemed to come from

Bang!

was another deafening sound.

chair. He

gritted his teeth and asked. Even so, his

and blanched at his icy

you escaping

and whispered in her ear.