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

over to Grace, opened the report, and pointed at the results of the examination.

Payne is getting

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

“Tell me what’s

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

beat…. If she didn’t mistake what the

are the consequences of kidney failure?”

she clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

would need a

fists.

growth factor. This’s the

you want

until the

a

we can’t guarantee

took out another

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

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she said.

do you really want

asked suspiciously, “You and Mr. Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your health condition,

this is just one possibility. What if you are

the question. She hadn’t thought about what

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

was like

to be afraid 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

hope that she had never dared to

needle 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 into the wall with a

about to reprimand the person who pushed the door, she saw a tall man.

shot her a sharp gaze. The nurse was so scared that

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

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 her

could to stable her trembling arms. She struggled to straighten her back. She wanted to face him.

what she was doing was

made seemed to come from the depths of hell. She stood up suddenly and was about

Bang!

another deafening sound.

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

and asked. Even so, his twitching cheeks showed that he was trying his best to suppress his

and blanched at his icy

you escaping again?”

wrath and whispered