{"id":1431,"date":"2026-09-28T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-226\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:30:00","slug":"ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-226","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-226\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 226"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 226<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 226<\/p>\n<p>Franklin hurried off the plane. There was a taxi at the airport. He got in and gave the driver an address.<\/p>\n<p>His friend was staying at a home stay in the vicinity of Dali city.<\/p>\n<p>He contacted the friend and that person was waiting for him early in the door of the home stay, while basking in the sun and checking when Franklin would come.<\/p>\n<p>A taxi from a distance came and stopped at the gate of the homestay.<\/p>\n<p>As the car door opened, Franklin emerged.<\/p>\n<p>This friend of Franklin&#8217;s was a woman, and years before, everyone knew that Franklin loved to play, and this woman had gone to karaoke and dinner with him.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Franklin got out of the car, a smile spread across her delicate face,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Cordon, I thought you were joking. You really come here What&#8217;s up? You come here so quickly, are you coming to chase your wife?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a joke, half true, half false. Franklin smiled and did not speak, with a trace of loss in his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cassie,&#8221; he said, taking out his phone and clicking on the picture, &#8220;Where did you take this picture?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cassie, startled, did not answer immediately, but looked at Franklin&#8217;s face as she investigated what was going on, &#8220;Well&#8230; Mr. Cordon, you&#8217;re not really going after your wife, are you? Who is she in the picture?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guessed it wrong,&#8221; Franklin said bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>If, as Cassie had said, he was after his wife, he would have laughed himself out of sleep at night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to pursue her, but unfortunately, I have long been not qualified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cassie curled her long curly hair in an amorous manner. &#8220;To have Mr. Cordon come all the way from a thousand miles away, and to have you remembered. Who is this woman?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Franklin pursed his lips, and for a moment he muttered, &#8220;You don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cassie curled her lips. &#8220;I won&#8217;t tell you if you don&#8217;t tell me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCassie, how long have we known each other?\u201d Franklin looked sideways at Cassie. &#8220;You should understand me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He looked at Cassie with a very strong meaning. His dark eyes were deep and bottomless, and Cassie felt a slight tremor in her heart&#8230; Franklin was an irreverent dandy, rich and flirtatious, not stingy with his money.<\/p>\n<p>But out of everyone\u2019s surprise, in that year, the playboy suddenly changed and later he did something shock all the friends around.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin, a coxcomb in the eyes of others, swallowed the whole Corden family.<\/p>\n<p>Cassie glanced at the man next to her&#8230; This person had long ago not been that playboy who would play with anyone.<\/p>\n<p>He could now deal with his own family, and then swallowed the Corden family, becoming the top dog of the Shaws\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Just this mind and this strength were enough to make Cassie admire him&#8230; Cassie curled her lips and said. &#8220;Well, I will tell you. Don&#8217;t look at me like that, Mr. Cordon. You have an awful look in your eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She took Franklin to the bar she went the night before. &#8220;This is where I took my picture last night,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In a bar?<\/p>\n<p>The man frowned&#8230; Could she still not get out of this business?<\/p>\n<p>No&#8230; That woman managed to get out of S city. She would not be back into this business again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe doesn&#8217;t work here, does she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassie wondered, \u201cWhy do you think she doesn&#8217;t work here?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She won&#8217;t. This woman, she&#8230;&#8221; She had her pride in her bones!<\/p>\n<p>That year when she got out of jail, she didn\u2019t go to that rich and glorious home to ask for help, but entered the Royal Club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8230;?&#8221; Cassie suddenly opened her eyes wide&#8230; &#8220;Then, then she, she is&#8230;\u201d the daughter the James family abandoned!<\/p>\n<p>It was an open secret in the circle that the woman Franklin kept deep in his heart was the unwanted daughter of the James family, the once glamorous Grace.<\/p>\n<p>No one said that and no one mentioned Grace, because Grace always tied to a man&#8211;a man everyone was afraid of!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s go back. This bar is open at 7 p.m., and we can&#8217;t find the owner yet.&#8221; Franklin nodded. &#8220;Come on,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll take you to check in first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back at the home stay, Cassie also helped Franklin get ready to check in. Cassie immediately went back to her room and said on her WeChat group. There was a group in each circle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guess what BIG NEWS I heard today!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a few minutes, no one answered her.<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;Super news! The once scandal queen has come back!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What better news than the Shaw Group finding his runaway wife?&#8221; someone replied lazily.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said disdainfully, but she didn&#8217;t expect Cassie to give a more explosive message here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look at the picture! The woman in the picture is the daughter of the James family!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What??&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cassie, don&#8217;t you fool around with us. It is just a picture! Watch out for Mr. Shaw, the workaholic at the Shaw Group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, really? 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