I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 16

 

“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

 

'Grace, you possess nothing now, and can only rely on 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 her dream about the Erhai Lake'

 

Grace could clearly hear those taunts and scoffs, but she just gritted her teeth hard against the humiliation regardless the fact that it hurt so much.

 

There were several notes in front of a 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” by his accompanies, laughed loudly, “Yuck, silly dog, you should wag your tail. lÝ you don't do it, then yoưre not allowed to take the money.

 

Grace shivered and clenched her hand that was holding the notes even more tightly. She clenched so tightly that it seemed like her fingers were going to pierce through the notes and nail into her palm.

 

Someone booed, “Wag your tail, quickly!"

 

“Hey, silly dog, dorrt let us wait for too long. Wag your tail!”

 

“Yuck, silly dog, don't you want the money?” .Joyce Lance suddenly chimed in.

 

Money! Grace looked down at the money in her hand and took a deep breath, and then swung her hips slowly and stiffly.

 

“Hahahaha... They laughed even louder, “Ouch, I can't bear it anymore! I laughed myself into convulsion!"

 

“Oh...oh no, I can't bear it either. I've visited countless nightclubs in the country and seen 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 feeds my sight!”

 

“Young Master Shaw, that silly dog is wagging her tail at you.” With evil intentions, .Joyce Lance asked Caden, “Hey, come on, reward her something?”

 

Young Master Shaw? Caden... Shaw...?!

 

At the moment, Grace felt that her heart had stopped working! With difficulty, she raised her head slowly and stiffly... But when seeing the man, her face became bloodlessl