Chapter 60
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 60<\/p>\n
Grace didn\u2019t wake up until the afternoon due to her exhaustion and fever.<\/p>\n
She blinked her eyes open and took in the white celling, wondering where she was.<\/p>\n
\u201cWake up?\u201d<\/p>\n
A magnetic voice suddenly sounded.<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s heart stuttered before turning back to see the man languidly leant in the chair, holding a file in his hand.<\/p>\n
When Grace looked at him, his narrowed eyes happened to meet his. \u201cHungry?\u201d<\/p>\n
He shifted his eyes back to his file after asking.<\/p>\n
Grace looked around and words slipped out of her dry lips, \u201cPresident Shaw, thank you for taking me to hospital. Sorry to bother you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caden annoyingly clenched his file tightly as he heard her husky voice.<\/p>\n
President Shaw, thank you for taking me to hospital. Sorry to bother you\u2026Was those all she could say to him?<\/p>\n
Grace look down to the ground, not daring to look at him, for he didn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n
Nothing but Page turning sound filled the whole ward.<\/p>\n
Caden kept going through his file as Grace was in silence.<\/p>\n
Awkward, yet kind of harmonious.<\/p>\n
Neither of them bothered to ruin the weird air.<\/p>\n
Finally, Grace uttered.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Shaw.\u201d<\/p>\n
She opened her mouth, gently calling.<\/p>\n
But the man by her bed had no response for her calling as he was busy with his own business.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
After a moment, Grace couldn\u2019t stand the silence anymore. \u201cPresident Shaw?\u201d<\/p>\n
Only the sound of turning pages answered her.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026\u201d Seconds ticked by. \u201cPresident Shaw?\u201d Her voice was louder this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d The man laid down the file and gently raised his brow, leveling Grace with a look.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs Ruby alright?\u201d<\/p>\n
Boom!<\/p>\n
His temper was blown up.<\/p>\n
Composed and calm as he was, he was pissed off.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrace, don\u2019t you think you\u2019re way too Mother Maria? How come a patient like you should care for other\u2019s safety?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace bit her lips and looked at Caden sincerely. \u201cI only beg you to leave her alive in one piece, while you can do whatever you like to punish her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat now? You are too kind to be her best friend?\u201d He teased.<\/p>\n
Grace didn\u2019t retort, instead, she sincerely looked into his eyes. \u201cYou can punish her as she\u2019s one of your staff. I only beg for her life.<\/p>\n
And I promise it\u2019s the last time I beg for her.\u201d She emphasized,<\/p>\n
\u201cI really don\u2019t want to get another killed owing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which felt like a great debt.<\/p>\n
Caden unassumingly looked at the woman in bed.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you admit it, Grace?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you just admit that you\u2019ve got someone killed?\u201d<\/p>\n
She once said, but Caden didn\u2019t believe her.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Shaw, what time is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFive thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. I\u2019m going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace took off the covers, trying to get out of the bed.<\/p>\n
Caden\u2019s arm latched on hers and said, \u201cYou\u2019re allowed to take a sick leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSorry, but I don\u2019t need it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caden\u2019s eyes narrowed. \u201cYou don\u2019t need it? Don\u2019t you know you miss something in your body? Don\u2019t need a rest?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace was shocked.<\/p>\n
She snapped her eyes widened, her fingers clenching into fists.<\/p>\n
Still, her hands were trembling.<\/p>\n
He just said it.<\/p>\n
He spoke her shameful secret in her face.<\/p>\n
While he was the guy to blame.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Shaw, I know what I have lost. I don\u2019t need your reminders.\u201d Her breath was erratic, and her eyes were scarlet.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor which I have to thank you. It was your goodness that made me who I am today. You don\u2019t have to remind me of your kind treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fury. Pain. Sorrow.<\/p>\n
Caden Shaw, why did you have to rub it in my face?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1265","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}