I've Been There Before

Grace watched him finish the noodles and even the soup with a crying face. He cautiously peeked at her. Maybe he thought that
she didn’t know what he thought.
Grace stood up and wanted to clear the table.
“Grace, put it down.”
“I’ll wash the dishes.”
“Caden will do the dishes.” He caught the plates.
She felt nervous. Letting him wash the dishes was not a good idea. Luckily, this time, although he was not skilled, he didn’t
cause a mess.
She went to the bathroom. Warm water flowed down from above, which not only washed her body, but also washed over all
chaotic scenes in her mind.
There were scenes about her grandfather was still alive, about her confidently sticking to Caden. At that time, she was young
and vigorous. She always thought that she had worked hard enough and was outstanding enough. If Caden did not like her, who
else would he like?
Then the scenes changed. It was Wallis’s corpse. She was lying in front of her. Caden’s sharp gaze pierced through her
mercilessly.
It was the first time for her, apart from offer sacrifices to ancestors, to kneel down. It was really cold that rainy night, not only the
rain, but also the hope in her heart.
Until...
Suddenly, she trembled and opened her eyes. The water slid past her eyes, causing them somewhat sour.
She randomly wiped the water off her face and finished the shower, going out barefoot.
Bang!
A loud noise alarmed the man in the living room.

“Grace, Grace, what happened!” Before she could reply, the door was kicked open.
She held her waist and stared blankly for a few seconds. Her face turned red and she hurriedly found something that could cover
her body, but failed.
She could only tightly hug herself and roar angrily at him, “Who allows you to come in?!”
“I, I...”
He was still dumbfounded by the scene.
“Get out!”
However, he looked at her with a determined expression.
“Grace fell down and Caden saw it, so Caden couldn’t leave the Grace behind. Caden needs to help Grace. Humbert said it was
called righteous and courageous.”
Alright, Humbert. Were you too free to be an enlightenment teacher?
“Caden, get out of here!” She hugged herself tightly and stared at him. If her gaze could kill someone, she would probably have
cut him into thousands of pieces by now.
She shook his head firmly, “Caden can’t leave.”
He walked towards her.
Under her extremely angry gaze.
When she regained her senses, he had already carried her in his arms. “Grace, you can’t catch a cold. Caden will carry you to
the bedroom.”
She felt so embarrassed. His expression was innocent. She wanted to curse but could not find a word.
She couldn’t find any cunning and prank in his handsome face. He just wanted to help her.
Seeing such an honest expression, she swallowed the words.

She was placed on the bed in the bedroom and wrapped with quilt tightly by him. Only her head was outside. The voice of the
hairdryer sounded softly, “Every time after taking a shower, Ladd always helps Caden like this. Ladd said that sleeping with wet
hair will cause a headache. Caden helps Grace dry the hair.”
She remembered that he had also dry her hair like this, and she subconsciously avoided it, “I don’t need it.”
She said coldly.
In the next moment, she was unable to move. He sat behind her and held her with both hands and feet. “Grace, don’t move. No
drying hairs, no sleeping. Be obedient. You can’t be a bad child.”
“Grace, why are you moving again?”
“Grace, it will be finished soon.”
“Grace is the most obedient.”
It took a long time to dry.
Her hair was long, but she had been disobediently competing with him. It was hard for him to dry her hair smoothly.
For nearly ten minutes, she hid, and he purchased. She wanted to scold him, but he turned a deaf ear.
And he kept calling her name, which made her get headache again.
She kept telling herself, “Don’t bully the child. It’s not moral.”
The hairdryer was off. This difficult process was finally over.
“Caden, can you let me go now?”
A man’s strength was naturally superior to a woman’s, not to mention that she was ill and weak now.
Fighting against him was simply a waste of effort, so she let him continue.
“You should go back to the living room and sleep.” The implication was, “could you go away now?”
He was really silly. He could not understand and shook his head seriously. “No, the doctor said that Grace had a high fever and
we should accompany you. If it turned serious, it would be very dangerous.”

“I don’t need anyone to accompany me.” Even if there must be someone, it could be anyone in the world, but not him.
“Otherwise, I will send you back to where you should go tomorrow.”
He was somewhat shocked. She didn’t know if she had seen wrongly. A trace of hostility flashed in that pair of long and narrow
eyes. When she saw carefully, there were nothing else except disappointment and caution.
She looked down... She must be insane.
“Grace... Even if you send Caden away tomorrow, Caden will stay by Grace tonight. Caden promised the doctor that I would
take good care of Grace.”
Then he suddenly got out of bed and left.
She was puzzled.
He wanted to stay by her side, but left now?
She quietly grabbed onto the bed sheet.
A mockery flashed through her eyes.
Perhaps she had not noticed the dissatisfaction in her heart.
“Liar.” She whispered unconsciously... She picked up her pajamas and put them on.
The door suddenly opened. He returned with a quilt.
He threw it onto the ground and silently made the bed.
“What... are you doing?” She was even more puzzled.
He snorted and lay down, deliberately turning his back on her.
“Who allowed you to sleep here?” she asked angrily.
He did not answer. She was so furious and shouted, “Caden, go out.”
He was still lying on the ground, causing her became even more dissatisfied.

“I say I won’t let you sleep here. If you don’t listen...”
She hadn’t finish her words.
He jumped up and shouted to her, “Send me away tomorrow! I’m not scared! You can’t drive me away tonight anyway!”
Unreasonable!
He dared to shout at her?
“What are you yelling at me for? Is here your home?” Then she instantly realized that it was really his house... But in the next
moment, she persuaded herself, “Anyway, you don’t remember.”
“Grace wants to chase Caden away. Caden is afraid that no one will take care of Grace. Caden has promised the doctor. Grace
is unreasonable!”
He shouted at her.
She was stunned... The eight-year-old Caden shouted at her for the first time. He had always been coquettish.
She fell silent. A wave of exhaustion surged up. She didn’t know if it was physical or psychological exhaustion.
She lay down, no speaking, no refuting, and no driving him away, likewise, lay down with her back to him.
It was so quiet that one couldn’t breathe.
After an unknown period of time, there was only a faint headlight on in the bedroom.
No one ever talked. People had already been enjoying their dreams.
The other half part of the bed suddenly sank, and before she could react, her feet were wrapped with warmth.
She suddenly woke up.
At the end of the bed, he was kneeling on both knees and carefully holding her feet in his arms.
She was in a state of panic and wanted to dodge. His hands were big and powerful. It seemed that he had sensed her
resistance. He looked up at her with a bright smile.

“Grace, Caden is warming your feet.”
“I don’t need it.” She mercilessly refused.
He refused to let her go, “Grace’s feet are so cold. Caden will help Grace warm your feet in the future, okay?”
“No...”
“Grace, don’t drive Caden away tomorrow, okay?” He pleaded. He was so cautious that he was afraid of being rejected. Her
heart ache again. She gritted her teeth and ruthlessly rejected.
“I don’t need your help. Ingemar will pick you up tomorrow.”
She did not want to have any more entanglements with him. Forgetting everything didn’t mean she could become another
person.
He was disappointment, “Alright, Caden will listen to Grace. Caden will leave with Ingemar tomorrow.”
“So, let go of me.”
He shook his head and held her feet in his arms. “They haven’t gotten warm yet.”
She did not reject him.
Her feet gradually got warmed.
She did not remember what he had said later. He let go of her, “They get warm. Go to sleep, Grace. Doctor will come tomorrow
and treat Grace.”
He got out of bed and lay down on the ground.
It used to be difficult for her to fall asleep because of her cold feet, but this night, she quickly fell asleep.
She had a dream. In her dream, there was always a pair of hands that warmed her feet.
When she woke up, the end of the bed was empty. She turned around and looked down. He held the quilt and shrunk into a ball.
She shook her head... This dream was somewhat real. It was all because of him.

He didn’t follow the rules.
When he was awake, he was hard to understand.
When he was unconscious, he was even more unreadable.
However, that innocent and clean gaze was unable to deceive anyone, and it was impossible to be fake.
It was difficult to disguise.
He cooked noodles for breakfast again. This time, he didn’t use sugar as salt, but the salt was not enough and it was almost
tasteless.
At half past nine, she finally saw the doctor.
“It’s you.”
She knew him from childhood.
“Grace, you’re awake.” The doctor was very kind and checked for her.
“You get much better. That brat has taken good care of you.” His gaze fell on Caden.
She got shy... He really did a good job, and she could not deny that.
Even she was reluctant to admit it.
The doctor made her another transfusion. She stopped Ingemar, “Take him back.”
Ingemar refused, “Humbert and Ladd are all far away. I’m extremely busy. Where do you want me to leave him?”
Someone is making troubles in the Shaw Group for Caden’s absence recently.
After all, I am only Caden’s personal representative, not Caden himself. Handling the matter has left me no energy to take care
of a ‘child’.”
Ingemar emphasized on the word “child” and glared at her seriously. He was basically accusing Grace... Couldn’t she even
tolerate a child?

This was truly unjust.
She was awkward and furious.
“Please bear with him a bit longer. After Humbert returns, we will not leave Caden over to you anymore. Nobody could guarantee
that you will not abuse Caden.”
Wow, those words were intentionally provoking her. She was too angry to be sane, “Scram!”
Ingemar wasn’t angry but smiled, “Alright, I’ll scram obediently.”