I've Been There Before

In the hospital, the door to the ward was quietly opened. This time, Ladd didn’t tell Caden.

When Humbert hurried over, he saw that woman.

Without saying anything, Humbert was pulled by Gloria into the corridor. The door opened and closed.

The man in the bed fell asleep on his side.

It was unknown what he was dreaming of, but his tight eyebrows implied he wasn’t sleeping peacefully.

His hand resting on the quilt was wearing a wedding ring.

The woman slowly approached and stopped in front of the man’s bed.

Her clear eyes stared at the ring on the man’s finger.

It was also unknown what she was thinking.

She stared at the ring for a long time until she was lost in thought.

After a long while, the man opened his eyes and saw the person in his dream.

He smiled at her with his pale face and said, “I’m dreaming again.”

He spoke to her in a gentle tone as if she was a friend whom he hadn’t met for years. “It’s good that you’re willing to come into my dream.”

The woman stood beside the bed in a trance. Her gaze slowly shifted to that person’s face. It had been only a month and he was already so thin.

Perhaps it was because of his words or because of the gentleness and attachment in his eyes that she had never seen before.

She didn’t want to think about how she could show that she hated him.

She just followed her heart, bent down, and kissed his forehead warmly. “Is it a dream?”

She asked.

The man’s eyes were filled with surprise and joy. He curled his lips and said, “Yes.”

She chuckled as if she had forgotten the love and hatred between them, and forgotten all the hardships she had experienced. Like a good friend, she reached out and twisted her fingers on his arm. “Is it a dream?”

The man woke up due to the sudden pain. He was pleasantly surprised. He dared not believe it or close his eyes. He was afraid that if he closed his eyes and opened them again, she would disappear.

“It hurts, but not very real. Try again,” he said.

She picked up an apple from the side and peeled it quietly. Not long after, the peeled apple was passed to the man.

The apple in front of him emitted its scent. In the man’s deep eyes, all these seemed so unreal. He didn’t dare to take it.

Who knew whether the apple would disappear if he took the apple?

“When is your surgery?” She did not pester him, holding the peeled apple in her hand.

The man was alert. A trace of nervousness flashed on his face. “Who told you that?”

“Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?” She asked, ignoring his words.

“The day after tomorrow.” He stared at her. She was more stubborn than him. She wouldn’t give up until she got an answer.

The woman nodded and pushed the apple to his front. “Don’t you want to eat it? I peeled it.”

She said.

The man’s heart was warmed up when he heard she peeled it. He had never been weak, but now his eyes felt sour. His eyelids were red. He blinked his eyes and took the apple.

Bite by bite, he seemed not eating an apple, but nectar.

Every bite was sweet.

His mind was in a daze and he couldn’t guess her purpose.

He ate the apple bite by bite, and she quietly peeled another one for him.

After he finished eating, the second apple was peeled and handed to him.

The man didn’t say anything, took it and began eating.

The second, the third … until the fifth. He looked at the apple in his hand and was embarrassed. Even if he liked apples, he couldn’t eat so many at once. Moreover, he didn’t like apples.

“Eat more, or you won’t have the strength,” the woman said.

His mind was full of questions. No strength? What strength?

He was still desperately using his wisdom to think about her words when the woman beside the bed said.

“Are you sure you don’t want more? Are you full?”

“I’m full.”

He didn’t understand what she meant. Why did he have to eat apples till he was full?

He was puzzled.

However, the woman turned around and walked toward the door.

A huge sense of loss filled his heart.

He wanted to stop her, but didn’t … God knows what would happen after the surgery the day after tomorrow.

He wanted to give her the whole world and happiness, and wanted to accompany her for the rest of his life … At this moment, they had become an empty wish.

Who knew if he would be dead or alive the day after tomorrow?

for why she would appear by his bed late at night … Forget

the sound of locking the door in the cold

watched her return

grown man like him would blush like this. “I know you hate me. Even if you want me to die,

dirty. Why don’t you wait until my surgery

rate of the surgery is negligible. I’ll pay you

Even

night, appeared in his ward, and locked the door … That’s right, he owed her too much and hurt her too much.

she didn’t have to

looked at the man chattering in the bed. In the next second, she reached

hands dirty for

fall, the quilt on him was lifted and a thin body

fragrant body was beside

not sure what

“You, I …”

and sat on his body in

“You, you …”

buttons snapped open. She bent over and

this, he wouldn’t be

he had no

waist with his big palms, raised his head, and kissed

was extremely nervous and

was stopped

What if

what if.” Gloria

looked solemn. “We should prepare for the worst. It’s strange for her to come back, isn’t

same thing. Step aside and don’t stop me. The boss is in danger now!” Ladd’s face was filled with hostility. “I’ll go in

he could finish speaking, they heard

sex experience. No matter how dumb they

Ladd’s face turned red.

it. Your boss is in

into his pockets and walked to the end of the

world that seemed to be isolated from the

the woman stood up silently and put on her

protection just now.” The woman said

new life is started

“You …”

hate you. You said you owed me too much and hurt me

know how much

stars in the man’s eyes

you die, I

afraid when you’re dead, I won’t be able to

is very low. If it fails, when you die, I’ll

lit up and he hastily rejected. “No

“Of course I can. After all, I hate you and don’t

comforted him. “Don’t worry, your child won’t grow up

My child will have a father

…

of the

and the sky

hospital, the cold wind was bone-chilling. She sat on a bench, wrapped

“There’s heating in the hospital. Do

wrapped her scarf tighter and looked up at the

are you thinking?” Gloria leaned over and looked up at the sky. She said, “There’s nothing to see. It’s

if I was

night. Why didn’t you think you were wrong at that time? Is it too late to think

“I wasn’t thinking straight.”

what did you think at the airport that day that finally changed your

for half my life. I came back to

Just to see if Caden was dead and how miserable he was, did she need to

have a concern and not dare to

I hate him, and

he put me in

I was locked up in a house full of

eyes, they were no different from the iron bars in jail

He didn’t let go until he

this game and

is this

when he’s going to die

to

right. When I was at the airport, my mind was

“I kept escaping.

but also

to go to Erhai Lake to pay off the debt of

body and I

stood up and said, “Alright, let’s go

was still immersed in the woman’s monologue. Hearing this, she stood up and said, “I thought you didn’t know

with Grace and put the warm juice

corner, they bumped into an

ended yet?”

wait.” She answered, not willing to

one more word would make her

heard you were

“You are well-informed.”

to

in disdain. He went

and said, “Don’t ever involve me in the matter between you and my grandfather

Excuse me for

was furious, but Grace had

grudge against the James family?” Gloria kept up with