{"id":1301,"date":"2026-09-28T12:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-96\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:46:40","slug":"ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-96","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 96<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 96<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCad\u2026\u201d Humbert said and fell silent. Caden looked frightening. Even a person like Humbert felt cold looking at him.<\/p>\n<p>Caden didn\u2019t bother with Humbert and his eyes fixated on Grace. His current expression was extremely horrible!<\/p>\n<p>One felt angry and all the pent-up frustrations when looking at this woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really can\u2019t learn to be obedient!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s voice was cold and chilling.<\/p>\n<p>Humbert was terrified. His eyes moved between Caden and Grace and the atmosphere of the room was ice cold!<\/p>\n<p>It looked calm on the surface but feelings were raging within!<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Her face turned pale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese three years didn\u2019t turn you into a better person but you even became bolder.\u201d His voice was colder than ice and could freeze anyone\u2019s heart!<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2018She can\u2019t be bothered\u2019; she just wanted to live properly and repay her debts properly, but Grace was still hurting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen send me back to prison!\u201d She couldn\u2019t control her temper and yelled, \u201cCaden, 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How well she treated Wallis in the past was now much she hated this person now!<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Three years was sufficient time for her to figure some things out.<\/p>\n<p>Except that until the day of her release from the prison, she couldn\u2019t dare to believe, it was as if she was hypnotized and told herself repeatedly, \u2018Surely it\u2019s a misunderstanding. Surely it\u2019s because she had been tortured and shamed and too dark and dirty. That\u2019s why her heart became ugly and everyone she saw was bad. She had vented her anger towards Wallis.<\/p>\n<p>Countless times she lied to herself and countless times she told herself that it wasn\u2019t Wallis fault and it was her heart that turned ugly and thought of Wallis in a bad way.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>So, it wasn\u2019t her heart turning ugly after experiencing all these traumatic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>Wallis, Wallis!<\/p>\n<p>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, \u201cActually I don\u2019t like Caden\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Whenever she was rejected by Caden, Wallis would console and encourage her and she would believe and be so touched by her.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Grace didn\u2019t want to recall those memories but the memories wouldn\u2019t let her forget them. They were like the rising tide and each time it rose, it would threaten to drown her!<\/p>\n<p>Those were the memories that she had been through!<\/p>\n<p>Wallis kept saying reluctantly, \u2018I don\u2019t like Caden.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wallis was warm like a small sun consoling herself, \u2018No worries, that is Caden\u2019s personality, but Grace, you are very talented and Caden will understand your intentions.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wallis said modestly, \u2018Grace, I think I fall for someone but I\u2019m afraid of Caden. Quickly get the affection of Caden and I won\u2019t be frightened of Caden anymore. By then you\u2019ll be able to convince Caden.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And that night, Wallis held onto her innocently, \u2018Grace, take me to the nightclub for some fun. I\u2019ve never been there before. I\u2019m very curious. Grace, let\u2019s go to the \u2018YES Club\u2019. From what the friends said, the live singer is handsome and can sing very well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It was a tragic joke that she actually naively believed!<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter\u2026 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.<\/p>\n<p>Revulsion!<\/p>\n<p>She can\u2019t control her hatred, she absolutely can\u2019t control her hatred. She can\u2019t control the hatred within her and she can\u2019t control everything!<\/p>\n<p>She raised her head as she bitterly smirked. Her eyes became exceedingly sore but she told herself not to cry!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaden! Kill me if you can!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m saying that even if you kill me!<\/p>\n<p>Wallis deserved a terrible death!<\/p>\n<p>Wallis deserved worse than death!<\/p>\n<p>Wallis deserved every bit of it!<\/p>\n<p>Damn Wallis to hell! I will curse her for the rest of my life! Wallis will not see the afterlife!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She practically used all her strength to shout and yell!<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2026 had almost lost her mind!<\/p>\n<p>Three years later he forcefully robbed her of her freedom.<\/p>\n<p>If that was the case, what the difference between this and the prison?<\/p>\n<p>Either set her free and she will have her freedom. Otherwise, send her back to prison, there wasn\u2019t any difference as now.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time since she was released from prison, she held her head high. Though she was in a sorry state, her spirit, proud eyes, smirk, determination, silent smile, these were all a tease, from hopelessness!<\/p>\n<p>She was teasing them like a moth to the fire!<\/p>\n<p>Caden, make your choice!<\/p>\n<p>Humbert was stunned!<\/p>\n<p>Caden was dumbfounded!<\/p>\n<p>Grace!<\/p>\n<p>The hearts of both men were on the same frequency and three words jumped out!<\/p>\n<p>This was Grace!<\/p>\n<p>This was definitely Grace!<\/p>\n<p>Grace!<\/p>\n<p>She was pitiful, half of her face was swollen and her bleeding lips were clearly very painful.<\/p>\n<p>She laughed silently and licked her painful lips. She didn\u2019t blink nor did her eyebrow twitch. She lifted her chin in pride\u2026 this was Grace!<\/p>\n<p>But\u2026 what did she say?<\/p>\n<p>Either let her go or send her back to the prison?<\/p>\n<p>The warmth of Caden\u2019s eyes dissipated and was filled with a chill. He calmly said coldly, \u201cGet out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Humbert\u2019s heart trembled and wanted to say something but as soon as the chilly stare fell on him, Humbert\u2019s heart flustered and he left the room without a saying a word and thoughtfully closed the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you realized what you did wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His magnetic voice said emotionlessly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1301","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1301","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=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}