Chapter 1
I’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 1
The car door suddenly opened. Before Grace could be happy, a strong force pulled her over. She slammed into the car and bumped into him. His dry white shirt instantly got wet.
“Caden, those gangsters who hurt Wallis Venus were not arranged by me… Grace said. A slender and powerful finger pinched her chin without mercy. A unique magnetic voice came from above her head, “Do you like me so much?”
The cold voice was with a slight smell of tobacco, which belonged his smell.
“What?” Grace was a little confused. The whole world knew that she liked him. Why would he suddenly ask this now?
But the man suddenly exuded angry breath. He said coldly, ‘Grace, do you like me so much? You like me so much that you don’t hesitate to kill Wallis?”
A chill came from the bottom of Grace’s heart and spread all over her body. Grace instantly became sober and couldn’t help but smiling bitterly… When did this man show his tenderness to her? I† turned out that it was not tenderness at all. lt was just a smile from Satan.
“I didn’t intend to kill Wallis…’ She wanted to explain for herself.
Along with screaming, Grace was pushed out of the car mercilessly. She fell into the rain in embarrassment. The cold voice of the man sounded particularly pronounced in the sound of rain.
“Grace James, Miss Grace, what you did to Wallis, then I do the same to you. How’s the feeling of being naked?”
What!
Grace suddenly raised her head and looked into the car door incredulously. The man sat in the car, looking at her condescendingly. He took out the handkerchief to wipe his fingers slowly, ‘Miss Grace, l am very tired now. Please go back.”
“It’s not impossible for me to listen to Miss Grace.” The man raised his eyelids indifferently, and glanced at Grace, “lf Miss Grace is willing to kneel in front of the Shaw Manor for one night, maybe l am in a good mood, then I can give Miss Grace ten minutes.”
The door of the car suddenly closed. The handkerchief was thrown out of the car. Falling in front of Grace, it was wetted by rain.
Grace lowered her head, picked up the handkerchief in the rain, and pinched it firmly in her palm.
In the rain, Grace’s face was pale. She stood for a while, then suddenly raised her head and walked to the gate of the Shaw Manor. She pressed her lips tightly and knelt down to the ground.
She knelt down!
Not because of atonement
Just because Wallis was her friend! She should mourn when her friend died. Not because everyone thought she killed Wallis!
She begged this man to give her ten minutes to listen to her explanation!
The clothes on her body were torn and in tatters. lt was barely able to cover important parts. She covered her body with her hands, but her waist was straight. She was proud. She was proud and unyielding even when she was kneeling down! Her self-esteem! Her dignity! She was Grace in Shanghai!
She knelt down stubbornly, just for a chance to explain clearly. She hadn’t done it. She didn’t admit the things what she hadn’t done!
But, would there really be this opportunity?
Would anyone really believe her?
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. l† never stopped from beginning to end.
One night passed.
In the downpour, Grace still knelt down outside the Shaw manor.
The rain drenched her dress. She had been kneeling in the rain all night.
The iron gate that had been closed for the whole night “creaked” and opened a gap from two sides. Grace finally got a movement, raised her drooping head, and gave a pale smile to the old butler who was standing in the middle of the iron gate.
“Yes”
“Secondly, inform’s University. There are no Grace’s files in’s University. Inform No.1 Middle School that Grace was expelled for promiscuity and fighting during school. Her highest education is junior high school.”
“Yes.”
“Last point, Caden said coldly, “Send her to the prison.”
“She has to pay for life. She bribed others, and deliberately murdered. Let her go to jail for three years. Mr. Sam thinks I did not do it right?” The three-year limit was set by Caden for Grace. Although the evidence was not enough, Caden angrily made the decision.
“No, Mr. Caden…. Thank you, Mr. Caden.” The old butler burst into tears, and said, ‘If it weren’t for Mr. Caden, Grace would have no punishment. Grace is as a family member of the James family. I can’t do anything to Grace. Thank you, Mr. Caden. Thank you. ˆ
Caden turned around and stood in front of the French windows. He watched the figure on the asphalt road disappear at the corner downstairs.
His eyes were haze. His slender finger pinched the wine glass. He raised his head to drink up the scarlet wine.
Grace returned to the house of the James family exhaustedly.
But she couldn’t step into the house of the .James family. The old butler who had served the James family all his life brought Cadens words. Grace was driven out of the James family. So, she didn’t even see her parents.
Were they so afraid of Caden? Grace twitched the corners of her mouth… She retracted her sight. The wrought iron gate clearly drew a line between her and the James family, and distinguished everything that belonged to her in the past.
Before being sent to prison, Grace saw Caden who was standing by the window in a stalwart figure.
Grace shook her head and said firmly, ‘I have never harmed Wallis.”
Caden walked up to Grace unhurriedly. Grace told herself not to be afraid. She was innocent and she did not commit a crime.
The delicate little face raised up fearlessly, insisting on maintaining her composure, but her trembling shoulders still showed her tension… All this was caught by a pair of sharp eyes.