I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 280

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.