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 from the normal level.”

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

Payne is getting worse day by

continues to deteriorate, he may need more than a

“Tell me

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

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

the consequences

clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

would need a

her fists.

been injected with growth factor. This’s the second

know what you

wait until the

a moment before continuing,

guarantee what will

spoke, he took out another test report.

could only hope that Mr. James stays

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

you really want to donate

suspiciously, “You and Mr. Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous

you

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

eyes. When she opened them again, her gaze was

was like a

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

dared to speak out…. She wanted…. She never

a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing

open with force and smashed into the wall

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

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

in disbelief. Her heart skipped a beat and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her muscle seemed to have memories of itself and wouldn’t

face was

to straighten her back. She wanted to face him. She wanted to show

tried her best to resist him. However, what she was doing was ridiculous and childish and meaningless to him.

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

Bang!

another deafening sound.

pushed her into the chair. He hit the back of the chair with a heavy

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

froze and blanched

escaping again?”

his wrath and whispered in