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

the report, and pointed at

is getting

continues to deteriorate, he may need more than a bone

blinked, “Tell me what’s going

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

heart skipped a beat…. If she didn’t mistake

are the consequences of kidney

that, she clenched her fists tightly.

It couldn’t be….

would need a kidney transplant.”

fists. Of course!

have been injected with growth factor. This’s the second day. Is his condition…?”

you

current report, we could wait until the day of the bone marrow transplant. “

a moment before

we can’t guarantee what will happen.”

took out another test report.

of your condition…, we could only hope that Mr. James stays the way he is now.”

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

you really want

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

possibility. What if you are

She hadn’t thought about what would happen after she

again, her gaze was firm. “Please continue

was

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

dared to speak out….

into her flesh and bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen, allowing the nurse

door was pushed open with force and smashed into the wall

person who pushed the door, she saw a

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

Her heart skipped a beat and her hands were trembling. She tried to calm herself down,

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

tried all she could to stable her trembling arms. She struggled to straighten her back. She wanted

was doing was ridiculous and childish and

come from the depths of hell.

Bang!

was another deafening sound.

He hit the back of the chair with a

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

froze and blanched at his icy

escaping again?”

his wrath and