I've Been There Before

“I... Grace opened her mouth trying to say something to refuse it. Under the cover of the darkness, Caden secretly curled his lips into a smirk...

Just as he had guessed, the arrogant Grace .James, the daughter of the .James family, would never put aside her dignity to endure such kind of humiliation.

“If I pick up all the notes in one minute, then I can keep the money, right? And you will give me an additional incentive of 50,000 CNY, right?”

It seemed to be so hard for Grace to say “No' to this proposal. She thought of that silly girl, who was the only one to show kindness to her in the prison, and thought of that girl's unfulfilled wish. Then Grace changed her mind... Dignity? Did she have the dignity now?

The current Grace .James possessed nothing! She had no home, no families, no friends and no past. She only had herself.

The young man laughed, “Of course, l'm a man of my words." He peered at the comical woman on the ground patronizingly with a trace of mockery in his eyes.

“Okay." Her voice was so hoarse and low that it was quite unpleasant. As no one would pay special attention to her, naturally no one had discerned the depression and sorrow in her words. Then, in front of these people, Grace squatted down. Someone pointed at her and teased, “Young Master Lance, look, I think she looks like your silly dog.”

The man, who threw money to Grace just now, snorted, “Are you blind? Roke is a male dog.”

“Oh... oh yeah!” The other man smirked, “Roke is a male dog, and this is a female dog. Hahaha...”

Their jeers and taunts lingered in the air. Grace bit hard on her lower lip and swiftly picked up the notes which were scattered on the ground. Therefore, Grace had to crawl on the ground to pick up these sporadic notes.

“Grace, dorrtt listen to it and don take it to your heart

'Grace, these taunts are just nothing! You should thank these dudes for their mercy when comparing this kind of humiliation with those you had suffered in the prison.

'Grace, your life is not valuable, not to mention your dignity!'

'Grace, you must remember that you own a girl her life, and you should realize her dream about the Erhai Lake

yourself. Then you should use all you possessions, including your dignity, to pay back that innocent girl who had died for protecting you! You should realize

hear those taunts and scoffs, but she just gritted her teeth hard against the humiliation regardless the fact that it

pair of shoes. Grace didn't hesitate, and crawled over to pick them up. From behind, one of the dude, who was called “Young Master Lance”

the notes even more tightly. She clenched so tightly that it seemed like her fingers

booed, “Wag your tail,

wait

dog, don't you want the money?”

in her hand and took a deep

louder, “Ouch, I can't bear it anymore! I laughed myself into

various kinds of women, many of which are money- mad. But it was my first time to see someone to be so greedy! Tsk, tsk, tsk, it

dog is wagging her tail at you.” With evil intentions, .Joyce Lance asked Caden, “Hey,

Master Shaw? Caden...

heart had stopped working! With difficulty, she raised her head slowly and stiffly... But when

on the sofa quietly, and under the dim light, he looked more

Grace's face and uttered a word with indifference

clown make-up on her face, they would see her pale face that was as bloodless as that of

she was now wearing the comical

After a long while...

Caden, Grace slowly forced a bright smile, “Thanks for your kindness, Mr. Shaw.” No one noticed that she had clenched her teeth and used all her

yet she thanked him for his kindness. The lofty and unyielding Miss James of the

breath and turned around to look at Joyce, “Young Master Lance, I've picked up all the notes on the ground, will you carry out your promise?” .JJoyce waved his hand expansively. However, just as Grace moved as she intended to stand up, Joyce stopped her, “Dorrt

over the crystal counter and picked up

treat you a glass of wine. Gulp it down

of whisky to Grace who was still lying