I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 80

Grace couldn’t see any emotional change on Cayne’s handsome face.

Cayne simply glanced at Grace… But he was announcing the end of this hunting game in his heart.

It was fine that Grace was a gold digger, for he could make use of this weakness to approach her step by step and then to win the heart of this prey.

In this hunting game, money was the bait and Grace was the prey.

The charming part of the hunting game was to enjoy the struggles of the prey and the process of the hunting.

But when this woman asked him for the money… Cayne thought that he would like to end this hunting game, for… it was too vulgar.

“It’s late now, I have to come back.” Cayne shook off his suit pant and said goodbye to Grace lightly.

Grace pressed her lips together and said, “I will send you off.”

“No need.” Cayne replied in a cold voice. Anyone, including Grace, would feel embarrassed under such a circumstance.

The change of his attitude was so obvious.

“Don’t stand on ceremony.”

Grace closed the door. It was the first time that she had prepared to send this woman to downstairs. He had visited her several times, but every time when he was to leave, she just sent him to the door of her dormitory. But today, she made an exception and decided to send him to the downstairs.

“Miss James.” Cayne suddenly chuckled. There was a tinge of impatience on his face, “I have five million, but I don’t want to give it to you… Because at the moment you asked me the question, your noodles with scallion oil were not worthy of one hundred thousand anymore.”

Five million was just nothing to Cayne. In the simplest case, one of his sports cars, which had relatively good performance, had costed much than this.

He just suddenly felt stomach-churned, as if the noodles with scallion oil he ate just now had been spoiled.

Grace remained silent. Then she suddenly chuckled, “Mr. Cayne, I have never said that the noodles I make are worthy of one hundred million. You thought they were worthy and were willing to pay the price, and I extremely lacked of money, so I took it. You may ask why I took the money with the knowledge that it was not an equivalent exchange. But you may have forgotten the fact that I’m a bitch who can do anything to earn money. I’m in short of money; I’m yearning for five million. Do you know how important the ‘five million’ is to me? It is so important that if I can’t earn five million within the agreed time limit, I will lose the most important thing in my life.”

“That’s none of my business.” Cayne was still expressionless… The hunting game had come to an end.

He then raised his hand and glanced at his wristwatch, “I’ve waster so much time here and bothered you for a long time, Miss James. In the future, I think we will not meet in the future.”

“I think so. That’s the reason why I sent you to the downstairs.” She ponders for a moment and continued, “Mr. Cayne, thank you. By the way, you were wrong about that.”

She added in a flat tone, “We’re just strangers, so there is no ‘future’ between us. The ‘future’ shall be given to the ones who are important to you.”

After finishing the words, Grace pulled her coat tighter as a sweep of chilly air passed by. She turned around and slowly walked towards the stairs.

Cayne suddenly pulled her arm, “What did you mean by saying ‘I think so. That’s the reason why I sent you to the downstairs’?”

Cayne felt that something must have been wrong as he thought over it. What did she mean by saying that?... She acted as if she was not the one who asked him for five million.

Was she trying to save her face, or…

“Mr., please let go of me. We have the same decision, what’s the necessity of probing into it?”