I've Been There Before

The day for Payne to receive bone marrow transplantation was imminent.

He had changed into a hospital gown and Mrs. James was by his side.

“Payne, don’t be nervous. Nothing will happen,” Mrs. James comforted him, but her son remained silent.

Looking at her son’s thin cheeks, she couldn’t help curse Grace again.

“If it weren’t for that kindhearted person whose bone marrow matches yours, Grace would have almost killed you.”

Payne seemed to be annoyed.

“Mom! Stop!”

“What’s the matter with you?

Mom loves you. Why are you yelling at me?”

“Mom, stop scolding Grace like that.”

“Why can’t I scold her? She doesn’t care about her family at all.”

Mrs. James hated her daughter from the bottom of her heart.

It had been proven that she was wrong about Grace’s identity back then. That girl was indeed her daughter.

However, after knowing the truth, Mrs. Jane still treated her son differently from her daughter.

After all, she raised her son from his childhood, so she was closer to him.

As for Grace … At the thought that she took away the entire property of the James Group after returning to S City, Mrs. James couldn’t help loathing her.

The property should belong to Payne.

In addition, she had pleaded Grace several times, but that girl refused to donate her bone marrow to her brother. In Mrs. James’ view, Grace was an extremely cold-blooded person who didn’t care about her family.

However, at this moment, Payne’s mind was a mess.

He had already seen a glimmer of hope, for someone was willing to donate bone marrow to him. He wouldn’t die, nor would he risk losing his life at any moment.

He should have relaxed, but as time passed, he became more restless.

The paramedics had informed him that the anonymous donor was about to start donating bone marrow.

He reached out and pulled the nurse’s sleeves.

“Wait … can … can you tell me the name of the kind person who donated the bone marrow?”

“Sorry, that person is unwilling to reveal his name.” The nurse smiled kindly and continued, “Don’t worry. You will be fine. Just take good care of yourself.”

With that, she turned around and left.

Payne was even more upset. Mrs. James noticed that her son was a little upset. She thought that Payne might be too worried.

“The paramedics have said that you should rest assured.

“Son, don’t think nonsense. Mom will always be there for you.”

As she tried to persuade him, Mrs. James thought of something that made her sad.

“Jafar is really a bastard. His son is going to have the bone marrow transplant surgery, but he did not even show up.

Perhaps he is having a good time with his mistress. I hope he dies miserably...”

Hearing Mrs. James’ curse, Payne became more agitated. He suddenly got up from the bed and was about to leave.

“Son, what are you doing?”

Mrs. Jane chased after him.

Payne walked faster and faster.

“Wait for me.”

Mrs. James took her valuable handbag and chased after him.

However, Payne started to run and he bumped into the nurse he met just now.

“Wait a moment! Take me there!” he roared in a low voice,

“Please take me to the operating room where the surgery will be carried out.”

He looked flustered. The nurse seemed to be frightened. “Take your hands off me first. The donor is unwilling to reveal his name.”

“Please take me there, okay?” Payne’s tone softened and he pleaded.

The nurse was a little swayed, but she still shook her head.

Payne refused to let her go. “Is the donor my sister? Her name is Grace.”

He wasn’t stupid. How could there be such a coincidence? His sister had just come to see him, and then a donor appeared that day, whose bone marrow successfully matched his.

These days, he kept deceiving himself that things were not what he thought. The donor must be someone else.

However, he had noticed that things were too coincidental.

He wanted to survive and pretended not to know anything, but he would recall his sister’s words every night.

He asked his mother to bring over a locked diary. He opened it and looked at the contents.

The diary recorded the childhood of Grace and him that he had long forgotten.

The handwriting was childish. At that time, he didn’t even know all the Chinese characters. He gave phonetic transcriptions of some words, and a few sentences he wrote were even incomprehensible.

In an adult’s view, the contents of this diary were funny and childish.

However, they reminded him of the past.

His daily life was recorded in the diary. Sometimes, he was jealous that Grace got praise from their grandfather again. Sometimes, he would record what books Grace read and what movies she watched … After reading through the whole diary, he suddenly realized that he had recorded every event he had as a child, and Grace was always by his side.

He still remembered that Grace told him when they were young, he once helped save her from gangsters.

He looked at the diary of that day, which read: Today is my happiest day, for I protected my sister. It turned out that protecting my sister would make me so happy. From now on, I will always protect her.

The writing blurred, for his tears had fallen onto the paper. His heart wrenched with pain when he looked at the oath that he would protect Grace and make her happy forever. He regretted throwing away this diary at will after he had discord with Grace.

“My sister only has one kidney. She can’t donate bone marrow to me.”

Payne continued, “Please take me there. I won’t force her to donate bone marrow to me anymore.”

The nurse looked at Payne’s pale and haggard face. This man had been greatly tortured by the illness. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt sympathy for him.

Just as he was about to speak, a cold voice rang out from behind him.

“It’s a good thing that you still remember that Grace is your sister. I am relieved that you still care about her.”

When Payne heard the familiar voice, he was shocked. Then he looked up and murmured, “Caden…”

Wearing a cold look, the man stood three meters away from him. He then asked, “Where is your ward?”

for him. “Caden, you came at the right time. Grace is about to donate her

James was dumbfounded.

then she slowly understood what was going

at her son’s haggard

operation soon. Son, don’t think nonsense.

to

tell you,” Caden said in a cold

leaving, he reminded him,

seemed to illuminate Payne … That was right.

…

In the ward.

down. Opposite him

me and donated bone marrow to you.”

Caden broke the silence.

his face turned pale. “I’ll go find her! I won’t force her to donate her bone marrow!”

growth factors, I

Payne felt a

the donor...”

“Your brother.”

Payne was struck dumb.

report, but since Grace didn’t

need to do is to attend your ceremony and put a bunch of chrysanthemums in front

he stopped on second thought. This man was stone-hearted.

the truth, but he just stood at the side

bank. Ever since she found out about your illness, she has been asking others to look for a suitable donor.

I underestimated her kindness.”

spoke, Caden curled his

a match, she decided to

I can’t just stand by and watch.

found your brother and your father’s mistress, so the one lying in that ward is your

one who will donate bone marrow to you

visited him since he was sick, for he didn’t care about him

and his mother, they had been demanding to return to the

their purpose for returning to

was just for

much did you give

believed that Ollie’s mother was greedy.

at Payne and

company with a market value of 200 million plus 100 million in cash.”

this. She immediately put on a fierce look.

give

they worthy of

this, Caden sneered and looked

life worth

blushed with

that your life was

said, “Remember to lead

the James Group,” Caden continued with

got huge profits. The James Group is

James Group, Mrs. James could no longer remain calm. “That’s nonsense! That group has huge assets. How could it

we won’t fight for it anymore. You’re afraid that we’ll take

at Mrs. James’ agitated expression, Caden just

compare with the Shaw

was lost

Group, I am willing to give it to her without any hesitation.” Caden was implying that the James Group was nothing compared with his

his words … With such a large asset like the Shaw

can’t believe you

didn’t argue

he stared at Payne’s

cared about

company for

leading an easy life with everything provided,

because

Caden’s words

he had always lived a carefree and unrestrained life. It didn’t matter if

worried about

James Group, it

of the higher-ups were diverse, and the ordinary employees also had their

took advantage of Grace’s entry

James Group once ran out

Caden said calmly.

are familiar with the company’s procedures. You should know how difficult it will be if a company lacks funds,

believe what

moment, he was

James Group once lacked

it, but it was Caden

not refute

thought that Grace has never wanted to snatch anything from

Caden finished saying that, he

was left standing there in

had been helping him contact the bone marrow bank ever since she came back from Erhai Lake. Perhaps she was thinking that if she couldn’t find a suitable

… It was out of his expectation that Grace had never

a lot from the James Group. She never mentioned that the company was once

of another thing. The cost of treatment during his hospitalization was high, and his mother was used to

At this moment, no one knew what

one saw that her eyes

whether she

…

days had passed since Grace was imprisoned by Caden. Vivian looked for Grace many times, but she was stopped outside the

others, she understood what had

hospital to donate bone marrow. Fortunately,

told, she was very unsettled now since she owned some shares

times, but she was not allowed to see

so anxious that she couldn’t bear

shouted loudly, “You

you let me

let me in, I’ll

screaming and cursing, Ladd was speechless. When she got excited, she even grabbed at his collar fiercely. Vivian was a pretty and charming woman, but

warned her in a low

nap. Can you

Please

leave as soon as I see Grace. Is

Ladd did not believe her at

reached out and stopped Vivian. However, she directly bit his hand. “Why did you bite me? Are you a

in!” Vivian used all means she could think of, for she was

been waiting downstairs for a long time. She didn’t run to the door until she saw Caden get in the

was a shrewd man. Before he left, he asked Ladd to guard

a prisoner! You can’t do this to her!”

don’t make things difficult for me. Please be

Ladd was speaking, the crazy woman

thought that she had come up with another idea. He became impatient and shouted with

“Look! Smoke!”

the door… Smoke was flowing out from the crack in the

Vivian away and took out the

finish speaking, he coughed from