“Why were you there?”
They helped each other and returned home. Grace opened the door and entered.
At this moment, her mind was clearer. She abruptly turned around and looked at Caden seriously.
Why was he there so coincidentally?
Caden didn’t notice the change in her mood. He innocently pointed to the balcony. “You go to work every day. I stand there and watch your car leave.
I know the time when you leave work.”
In other words, he was on the balcony watching her car drive in every day at the time she got off work.
Grace was surprised. She had thought of all possibilities, and even … suspected …
However, she never thought of this answer.
‘The floor they live is so high. Is he able to see me?” she the thought.
“Ingemar gave it to me,” Caden said as he pulled her to the balcony.
Grace looked at the extra items on the balcony, shocked.
“It has been here for a long time,” he whispered in her ear.
Grace lowered her eyes … It had been here for a long time?
However, it was only today that she knew that this thing was on her own balcony.
This kind of telescope was different from the ones bought from a toy store or from a supermarket.
Grace didn’t know much about telescopes, but she could tell that this was a professional one.
Does that mean that every day, as she went to work and went back home, he was on the balcony, watching her?
For a moment, she couldn’t say anything.
“Grace, I’m dizzy.”
Caden pulled her sleeve in grievance.
She looked at his face. Under the light, she looked at him carefully and noticed that his face looked terrible.
What’s worse, his face and his lips were pale.
Without saying anything, she reached out to grab his hand and walked towards the living room. She was in a hurry. When they reached the living room, she reached out and pressed him into the sofa without saying anything.
She tore his clothes in silence.
Shocking!
Traces of cyan-purple congestion crowded into her eyes.
“Turn around,” she commanded.
Caden did so.
When he turned around, Grace took a deep gasp. It was more terrible!
“Don’t move. I’ll call Ingemar now!”
Grace looked serious as she hurriedly fumbled her bag for the phone.
However, Caden grabbed her hand. “Grace, it doesn’t hurt. Don’t call Ingemar.”
“No, you’re heavily injured.”
“No, I’m no longer dizzy.”
Caden stubbornly refused to let go of Grace’s hand which was holding the phone. Grace was impatient. She shook away his hand and was about to make a phone call, but the phone was snatched away.
With a dark face, she stretched out her hand and said, “Give it back to me.”
“No.”
“Caden, let me say it again. Give it back to me. Your injuries are very serious.”
“No.”
She was about to lose her temper. However, she saw his stubborn face. She controlled her anger and took a deep breath. She tried her best to keep patient as she asked.
“Why not?”
“I don’t want Ingemar to know that I’m injured. Otherwise, he will be angry.”
Grace was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him.
Ingemar would indeed be angry.
However, he wouldn’t be angry with Caden, but with her.
“Ingemar won’t be angry with you.”
“I know.”
“You know ...” she said anxiously. Suddenly, her voice stopped. She looked at Caden quietly for a while and continued, “He also won’t be angry with me.”
Caden didn’t speak.
Neither did he refute. However, he refused to give the phone back to her.
She could only sigh. She pulled off his shirt and examined his body up and down. She touched it carefully. Although she was not a medical student, she knew some common sense.
“Is there anything uncomfortable?”
“No...”
“Don’t lie.”
Caden opened his mouth and said grievously, “It hurts.”
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The readers' comments on the novel: I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden)
How can a woman suffer so much? How can a man be too cruel initially robbing her of dignity and all, then deceiving her after he knows he loves her? How can they not remarry, making their offspring illegitimate? The line between love and hatred is truly fine indeed! Thank you for this story....