I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 157

He dragged her out of the office lobby to his car.

"Let me go. Let me go! You hurt me!" The woman held her waist with one hand and tried to get rid of the man's control with the other.

The man ignored her. After he stuffed her into the back seat, he got into the car himself. Ladd Shaw immediately trotted over and sat in the driver's seat.

A partition rose between the front seat and the back seat. "Hum~" The mechanical sound of the partition rising up came into Grace James' ears. She felt panicked.

Maybe she recovered, or maybe Caden Shaw lowered his guard. Grace panicked and patted on the rising partition, "Ladd, Ladd, you put it down. What are you going to do? Put it down quickly...”

Ladd was embarrassed. He turned his head to glance at the woman who was tensed because of fear. Her face was so pale that everyone would feel softened-heart for her. But... Ladd was cruel. He carefully glanced at the man on the back seat who exuded anger all over his body, "Ahem...Miss Grace, I can't help you." The implication was, she beg the wrong person.

"Miss Grace, sit down quickly. The partition will hurt..."

Before he finished speaking, Ladd saw a hand pulling her back. The partition completely isolated the front and back seats a few seconds later.

Grace shivered, wondering what she was about to face.

She was really scared. She was really afraid of him.

"Why are you hiding me to apply for your ID card?" A deep voice slowly sounded in the quiet car, which was very pleasant to the ear. But in Grace's ears, it was like Satan's inquiry.

If she was not careful, she would answer wrongly.

"It’s inconvenient if I... I don't have an ID card. Mr. Caden also knows that I need an ID card for a lot of things now." She knew how clumsy her lies were.

On her forehead, cold sweat gradually came out. She was so nervous that she forgot everything.

"I want to listen to the truth."

"This, this...this is the truth..." She was so nervous that she almost bit her tongue. Up to this moment, she still wanted to blind the past.

"One." The cold voice sounded again.

Grace suddenly raised her head to look at the handsome face of the man in front of her in disbelief.

She moved her pale lips, "I didn't lie to you..."

"Two."

"It is true……"

In the next moment, her voice trying to defend for herself came to an abrupt end!

She saw his fierce glance falling straight on her face.

"I really……"

The cold voice interrupted her explanation, "Enough.” His dark eyes were as cold as ice, "This is your last chance. Grace."

Under this cold gaze, she had nowhere to escape!

However, why did he look at her with such "you did something wrong" expression?

Did she do something wrong?

What did she do wrong?

"I just want to get back my ID card." In the silence, she slowly spoke. Her rough voice covered the sobbing in her voice. Hanging her head, closing her eyes, she forced back the tears and the pain... ‘Caden, I just want to get back my ID card and get back a proof that I still live in this world.’

‘Have you ever experienced it?

When there is only one ID card left in the whole world to prove who you are, is it sad? But when the only card that can prove who you are is not by your side, at that time, it is not sad, but feel insecure.’

Yes, she admitted that she had a special purpose in re-applying for her ID card.

But this was her ID card!

The basic rights that citizens all over the world had... This was what she wanted!

Was she greedy?

This was simply a physical and mental torture!

Tears slipped into her mouth. She tasted the salty taste of tears. He should feel it, but he didn't mean to stop at all.

She closed her eyes and refused to shed a tear again... Once again, after three years, this man taught her a lesson again. In his eyes, her tears were worthless!

This kiss was a physical and mental torture for Grace.

But for Caden, this was an inner struggle.

As early as the moment he knew that Grace was going to re-apply for her ID card, he was crazy!

Why did she go to apply for an ID card without telling him?

The purpose was self-evident!

But... it was too late. Everything was too late!

‘Sorry, Grace, I... fell in love with you.’

‘I'm sorry...I can't give you freedom anymore.’

‘I'm sorry...I hurt you, but if the hurt can make you remember the pain, if the hurt can make you "fear and if "fear" can make you dare not to think of leaving me anymore, just "fear" me... Sorry, it's too late. Everything is too late. I can't let you go anymore!’

When the car stopped steadily, his hand pushed her chin up again. There was another "click" sound. He was very skilled, but for Grace, she never wanted to endure this second pain.

"Shhh…Don't talk, it will hurt." A soft voice sounded in her ears, "As long as you are obedient, as long as you no longer want to run away... Grace, don't you always want to marry me? As long as you are obedient, I will spend my life with you, okay?"

As if there was a cold wind blowing, the woman in the man's arms shuddered. She got goose bumps on her neck exposed in the air.

The clear eyes were filled with deep fear... She bit the pale lower lip in time and blocked the scream of fear that almost burst out from her throat.

But she couldn't control the fearing chill rising from her heart. She trembled with fear in the man's arms!

On this day, when Caden realized that she wanted to escape, when he finally realized that he had completely fallen in love with the woman in his arms, and when he realized that he could no longer leave her and couldn’t let her go...the stupid man who was clumsy about the feelings used the most stupid and wrong way to keep the woman by his side. It was destined to be heartbroken pain he would bear in the future.