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?”

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

was

confused, but then she slowly understood what was going

she looked at her son’s

don’t think

I want to

the ward. I have something to tell you,” Caden

reminded him, “I won’t allow Grace to take

seemed to illuminate Payne … That was right. Caden would not let anything

…

In the ward.

Opposite him

donated

Caden broke the silence.

turned pale. “I’ll go find her! I won’t force her to donate her bone marrow!” As he spoke, he stood up and was

injected with growth factors,

Payne felt a little

the donor...”

“Your brother.”

Payne was struck dumb.

faked the inspection report, but since

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

he stopped on second thought. This man was

he just stood at the side and watched the farce.

began to contact the bone marrow bank. Ever since she found out about your illness, she has been asking others to look

I underestimated her kindness.”

spoke, Caden curled his lips in self-mockery.

she couldn’t find a match, she decided

much, I can’t just stand by and watch.

mistress, so the one

donate bone marrow

His father barely visited him since he was sick, for he didn’t

his so-called younger brother and his mother, they had been demanding to return to

was their purpose for

just for

much did you give

was firmly believed that Ollie’s mother was greedy.

at Payne

advertising company with a market value of 200

heard this. She immediately put on a fierce look.

can you give them so

they worthy of

Caden sneered and

Grace’s life

James blushed

remember that your life was saved

Caden stood up and said, “Remember to lead a better life from now on.

Group,”

got huge profits. The James Group is just a

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

since the James Group has been given to Grace, we won’t fight for it anymore. You’re afraid that we’ll take over the

Mrs. James’ agitated expression, Caden

the James Group compare with the Shaw Group?”

James was

it to her without any hesitation.” Caden was implying that the

and she doubted his words … With such a large asset like the Shaw Group, Caden

I can’t believe you can do that,” she

and didn’t

he stared at

you ever cared about the James

ask the company for

leading an easy life with

because of

words were

carefree and unrestrained life. It didn’t matter if he had no

never worried about

Grace took charge of the James Group, it was

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

could no longer control his subordinates, so he took advantage of Grace’s entry into the James Group to transfer most of

that the James Group once

Caden said calmly.

the company’s procedures. You should know how difficult it will be if a company

believe what he heard.

moment, he was even more shocked!

James Group once

but it was Caden who

could not

never wanted

saying

standing there in shame.

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

feeling of distress nagged at him … It was out of his expectation that Grace had never wanted to

that she had benefited a lot from the James Group. She never mentioned that

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

head. At this moment, no one knew what she

her eyes had

knew whether she loved her daughter

…

since Grace was imprisoned by Caden. Vivian looked for Grace many times, but

asking others, she

went to the hospital to donate bone marrow. Fortunately, Caden

told, she was very unsettled now since she owned some shares of the James

several times, but she was not

so anxious that she couldn’t bear it

door, she shouted loudly, “You are

let me

don’t let me in, I’ll call the police

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

Ladd warned her in a

nap.

want me to be quiet? Ok. Please move aside and let me in.

as I see Grace. Is

manner, Ladd

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

means she could think of, for she was determined

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

Before he left, he

prisoner! You can’t

for me. Please be quiet. Madam is

as Ladd was speaking, the crazy woman suddenly shouted, “Smoke!

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

“Look! Smoke!”

was not joking, Ladd turned around and looked at the door… Smoke was flowing out from the crack in the door.

Vivian away and took out the key to

he could finish speaking, he coughed