I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden)

Grace's heart trembled. At this moment, she couldn't understand the man in front of her. Sometimes he was innocent and sometimes he was cynical.

She thought her words would make him angry and leave.

She was a little awkward instead.

Regardless of it, she said to Franklin, "The kiss that you just got was not free. Mr. Cordon, remember to pay the bill."

So... it would work, right?

Grace thought so.

However, she saw the man in front of her letting go of a hand and moving in his pocket for a while. When he stretched out his hand, his palm was in front of her, "Here, here you are."

Grace was stunned for a while. She had never seen someone like Franklin before.

Looking at the banknote in Franklin's palm blankly, Grace didn't know what to do.

"..." He gave her money so neatly...

Originally, she thought that showing her ugly side in front of him, describing herself like this would scare him away.

"Grace, I said, you can't escape. I'm serious."

Franklin's firm voice sounded in her ears.

But Grace was even more flustered.

Serious!

Serious!

Serious thing... she dared not to ask for it!

How did she deserve to be "serious" thing?

"Grace, you are unfair to me like this."

Suddenly, Grace raised her head, with a strange emotion in her eyes, "Franklin," the rough voice interrupted Franklin slowly. She looked at Franklin seriously and asked, "What is Grace like in your eyes?"

Franklin was taken aback for a moment, and never guessed that the woman in front of him would suddenly ask such a question.

Was this... important?

In the place Franklin didn't see, Grace's two hands kept rubbing their fingertips with each other, and didn't stop for a moment... People who were familiar with her could see it at a glance. At this moment, she was not as calm as she pretended to be. "Franklin, I have nothing." Grace reminded lightly.

Franklin was a little anxious, "Who said that?"

"Franklin, I really don't have anything. So, why on earth are you giving me your "seriousness" over and over again?"

"You are very stubborn, very strong, and very kind. You dare to be daring, you never escape from anything except facing my feelings. Your ears are so cute when they are red, and you feel like first love when I kiss you."

Franklin said eagerly, "Grace, you are not nothing, you are fine. You are so good that those external things are not important."

Grace smiled far-fetched... Strong? Kind? Never escape?

She looked at the still childish man in front of her. His eyes were so serious, so determined and so convinced... Grace only felt that she didn't dare to look at it directly and face it, only that her cheeks were hot.

With such a believable and determined gaze, such a serious look... Grace opened her mouth and wanted to say "Franklin, you are wrong, this person you are talking about is not me", she wanted to say it. However, in the end, Grace 's eyes flickered and didn't say the words that came to her lips.

Maybe, she had no strength to love someone at this moment, and she didn't have the ability to love someone. Maybe she was out of selfishness deep in her heart...

"Grace, you don't need to come to me, you don't need to come to me, just stand there, stand there and don't move, I will walk towards you, come towards you. I will hug you. You just have to stand and don't move, don't do anything, I will do all."

"Grace, if you don't try it, how do you know that you can't have happiness in your world?"

"Grace, try it, try it, I will never make you sad and shed a tear."

"Grace, give me a chance, and give yourself a chance, give us a chance to be happy together."

"Grace..."

"Grace..."

"Grace..."

His calling came one after another, and almost entered her heart. What should she do? How to do!

"Grace, do you think you deserve happiness now?" Caden said.

"Grace, give us a chance to be happy." Franklin said.

Two voices, repeating constantly, lingering in her mind. Her mind was about to burst!

Happiness, how could she get happiness! She was a sinner! Leona died for her, and was she going to get the happiness that all the people wanted most in the world?

Absurd!

The one who was supposed to die was still alive while the one who was supposed to be alive died. The damn one even got happiness? The one who should be happy was Leona! Her current life was Leona's!

If... If Leona didn't die because of her, Leona would be happy now, right?

She took Leona's life, but also wanted to grab her happiness?

Struggle, pain, regret, self-denial, self-loathing... all kinds of emotions came to her!

Grace fell into self-rejection and self-loathing. She couldn't tell the difference between her happiness and Leona's happiness. She thought that Leona was going to die for her, and that she was alive for Leona, to make atonement for Leona. If Leona was alive, she died that day, and every breath of air now should belong to Leona.

So... what about happiness?

Frank's voice was still in her ears!

Grace pushed Franklin away, "Shut up! Shut up! I don't need any happiness!" She yelled at Franklin like a beast. Franklin was caught off guard. He didn't expect that she would push him so hard. Then he was pushed away by her, staggering for two steps. As soon as he stood firmly, he saw the woman limping, dragging one leg, but almost running away.

Grace wanted to stay away from Franklin desperately.

Franklin chased after her.

"Grace, what are you afraid of!"

On the tree-lined path, a woman hurried with her lame leg, and the man in the white shirt behind her eagerly chased her, running and questioning, forming a chase.

Or this was not a chase game. After all, the chasing person and the chased person were not the same in strength. The man was running with long legs, strong pace while the woman was limp, dragging a lame leg.

This weather was also the mood of the god, which was changeable.

It was still clear and sunny the moment before.

The next second... With a big sound of thunder!

Suddenly, the storm was overwhelming!

The black clouds came from an unknown place, and it suddenly covered the sky and the sun. A heavy rain fell down!

"Grace, don't run, you can't run faster than me."

Franklin shouted behind Grace. The distance between the two of them was getting closer and closer. Seeing that the distance was only five or six meters, Grace was anxious. As she ran, she turned her head and looked back at Franklin, "I said, I don't need happiness..." "Grace! Be careful!"

Before she finished her words, she saw Franklin's horrified eyes. Grace hadn't realized anything. There was a bang in her ears. She was still thinking about what happened when she fell down and rolled on the ground.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐