{"id":1534,"date":"2026-09-28T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-329\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:04:20","slug":"ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-329","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/ive-been-there-before-grace-and-caden-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 329"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 329<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 329<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace, Erhai is not your dreamland. You\u2019re not seeking peace, but escaping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloria said solemnly.<\/p>\n<p>She shouldn\u2019t have said that, but as an outsider, she saw something that Grace didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a spectator\u2019s perspective was needed.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this was not always true. But she saw Grace\u2019s hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, she helped Grace escape because she wanted her to live a peaceful life.<\/p>\n<p>But she got more mature in the three years.<\/p>\n<p>Her maturity kept her reflecting.<\/p>\n<p>Was she right to help Grace escape three years ago?<\/p>\n<p>She felt she was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>This woman was too frightened to stop and take a look at the people and things around her.<\/p>\n<p>In the past three years, she had seen Caden constantly searching. Everyone kept telling him to give up. They said Grace was probably dead.<\/p>\n<p>If Grace wasn\u2019t dead, why hadn\u2019t he found her after three years\u2019 search?<\/p>\n<p>But that man didn\u2019t believe it. He continued searching. Apart from searching for Grace, all he had in his life was work.<\/p>\n<p>What Gloria saw was the once successful and arrogant man lowered his proud head and never game up for the sake of his heart\u2019s concern.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t see Caden playing around. Instead, she saw his seriousness and persistence.<\/p>\n<p>This was something she had longed for in another man, but she had never had it in her entire life.<\/p>\n<p>But Grace was different.<\/p>\n<p>The happiness that she couldn\u2019t have might be obtained by Grace. She and Grace shared the same fate. Their terrible past might end in Grace\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted that she had been selfish.<\/p>\n<p>But more importantly, what she saw was not Grace\u2019s heartless or her letting go, but her escape.<\/p>\n<p>If this woman had truly let go at the bottom of her heart, then she would never say those words.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re always running away. Do you still care about anyone? Do you feel relieved?\u201d Gloria\u2019s questioning was like a thunderbolt that left Grace anxious and uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>She covered her ears and said, \u201cDon\u2019t say anything. Don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloria pulled down Grace\u2019s hands from her ears. \u201cHe\u2019s sick. He\u2019s dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world became silent in an instant.<\/p>\n<p>Grace was stunned without Gloria pulling down her hand again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2026 I\u2019m going to the airport, or I\u2019ll miss the flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething has grown in his head. It\u2019s been over a year. Now, it\u2019s in late stage.\u201d Gloria murmured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, I really have to go to the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was in a hurry to leave.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Gloria didn\u2019t stop her. She shouted at the figure who had hurriedly walked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe chose to have surgery. The brain surgery was complicated. His condition was terrible. The success rate was less than 5%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough!\u201d Grace stopped and said, \u201cAgain? Did he ask you to come here?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in Italy, he said there was blood congestion in his brain. How many times did he have to pretend mad?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be an idiot to fall for it again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloria sneered. \u201cAlright, alright. You\u2019re not an idiot, Grace! Just go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloria added, \u201cNo, you\u2019re not going. You\u2019re fleeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace, you\u2019d better hurry up and escape, the further the better. Escape from what you don\u2019t dare to face. But I have a question. Is it him or your own heart that you don\u2019t dare to face?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry. This time, Caden will not disturb you, never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1534","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1534","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=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}