I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 96

“Cad…” Humbert said and fell silent. Caden looked frightening. Even a person like Humbert felt cold looking at him.

Caden didn’t bother with Humbert and his eyes fixated on Grace. His current expression was extremely horrible!

One felt angry and all the pent-up frustrations when looking at this woman.

“You really can’t learn to be obedient!”

The man’s voice was cold and chilling.

Humbert was terrified. His eyes moved between Caden and Grace and the atmosphere of the room was ice cold!

It looked calm on the surface but feelings were raging within!

When the woman on the patient bed looked at the person standing by the door, her shoulders trembled. She hated this man as she was scared of him.

Her face turned pale.

“These three years didn’t turn you into a better person but you even became bolder.” His voice was colder than ice and could freeze anyone’s heart!

Even though for countless of times she had told herself not to interact with Caden; even though she failed time and again; Even though she told herself that ‘She can’t be bothered’; she just wanted to live properly and repay her debts properly, but Grace was still hurting.

“Then send me back to prison!” She couldn’t control her temper and yelled, “Caden, send me back to prison! I will still tell you in a period of three years, or two periods of three years or three periods of three years! Countless periods of three years! That means that on the day of my death, I will still use my life to curse Wallis to hell!”

How well she treated Wallis in the past was now much she hated this person now!

During these three years, she was locked up without a chance to see the sky. She had plenty of time to think about what happened that night.

Three years was sufficient time for her to figure some things out.

Except that until the day of her release from the prison, she couldn’t dare to believe, it was as if she was hypnotized and told herself repeatedly, ‘Surely it’s a misunderstanding. Surely it’s because she had been tortured and shamed and too dark and dirty. That’s why her heart became ugly and everyone she saw was bad. She had vented her anger towards Wallis.

Countless times she lied to herself and countless times she told herself that it wasn’t Wallis fault and it was her heart that turned ugly and thought of Wallis in a bad way.

But when they were at the Royal Club and Quinn asked her why did she force Wallis to drink the bottle of whiskey, Grace could no longer lie to herself.

So, it wasn’t her heart turning ugly after experiencing all these traumatic conditions.

But from the beginning to the end she had misplaced her trust for that girl with the sweet and pretty smile, who was acting like a gentle, and adorable girl!

Wallis, Wallis!

She had thought that she never treat this person bad and yet Wallis kept acting in front of her. What was she feeling when each time she said to herself, “Actually I don’t like Caden”?

Whenever she was rejected by Caden, Wallis would console and encourage her and she would believe and be so touched by her.

Actually, Grace could see that each time she proposed to Caden and each time she failed, Wallis who observed by the side and comforted her would actually be secretly laughing at her who was actually being taken in by Wallis.

Grace didn’t want to recall those memories but the memories wouldn’t let her forget them. They were like the rising tide and each time it rose, it would threaten to drown her!

Those were the memories that she had been through!

Wallis kept saying reluctantly, ‘I don’t like Caden.’

Wallis was warm like a small sun consoling herself, ‘No worries, that is Caden’s personality, but Grace, you are very talented and Caden will understand your intentions.’

Wallis said modestly, ‘Grace, I think I fall for someone but I’m afraid of Caden. Quickly get the affection of Caden and I won’t be frightened of Caden anymore. By then you’ll be able to convince Caden.’

And that night, Wallis held onto her innocently, ‘Grace, take me to the nightclub for some fun. I’ve never been there before. I’m very curious. Grace, let’s go to the ‘YES Club’. From what the friends said, the live singer is handsome and can sing very well.’

It was a tragic joke that she actually naively believed!

Thereafter… thereafter Wallis was raped and she, she was thrown into prison by Caden. That was a period of three years of torture and the label of a murderer for life.

Revulsion!

She can’t control her hatred, she absolutely can’t control her hatred. She can’t control the hatred within her and she can’t control everything!

She raised her head as she bitterly smirked. Her eyes became exceedingly sore but she told herself not to cry!

“Caden! Kill me if you can!

I’m saying that even if you kill me!

Wallis deserved a terrible death!

Wallis deserved worse than death!

Wallis deserved every bit of it!

Damn Wallis to hell! I will curse her for the rest of my life! Wallis will not see the afterlife!”

She practically used all her strength to shout and yell!

As if she said everything in a breath. She had never spoken so fluently, fast, and with such conviction, since she was released from prison.

She… had almost lost her mind!