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

walked over to Grace, opened the report, and pointed

getting worse

condition continues to deteriorate, he may need more

me

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

skipped a beat…. If she didn’t mistake what the

are the consequences

she clenched her fists

It couldn’t be….

would need a

clenched her fists.

factor. This’s the second day. Is his

what you want to

we could wait until the day of the

for a moment before

we can’t guarantee

spoke, he took out

of your condition…, we could only hope that Mr. James

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

on,” she said.

do you really want to donate anonymously?”

“You and Mr. Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your health condition, there is a risk of failure on your

one possibility. What if you

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

her gaze was firm. “Please continue to inject me with

it 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 herself.

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

flesh and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing the nurse beside her to poke the needle

open with force and smashed into the wall with a loud noise.

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

her hands were trembling. She tried to

face was ferocious and daunting. He gritted his teeth as if he was

her back.

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

shoes thumped on the cold ground. The sound they made seemed to come from the depths of hell. She stood up suddenly and was about to escape in panic.

Bang!

another

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

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

blanched at his icy

escaping again?”

suppressed his wrath and whispered in her ear.