I've Been There Before

As Cayne left, he grabbed the only humane personality of Grace away.
He actually kept leaving his own mark on Grace’s wound every time he kissed on it.
Cayne was a womanizer, so he clearly knew what kind of imperceptable impact he brought to Grace by kissing on her wound,
though Grace had no idea about it.
And the point was that no matter how awful the noodles cooked by Grace was, Cayne still manage to finish them all no matter
how spicy it tasted, though Cayne himself possessed mere endurance for pungency.
So he won the hunting game and totally captured Grace’s heart.
The next day, Gloria made Grace to her office, “Did you get the money?”
Grace shook her head.
Gloria frowned, “Didn’t you ask for it?”
Grace still shook her head.
Gloria noticed what was happening, “Well, it hard for us to read through those rich guys’ mind. Grace, did you regret?” Then she
continued, “Grace, I got a bad news. Mr. Caden told me that he would be late for a while. But plus a good news, you are one
more hour to get the rest of the money to meet his request.”
Gloria watched her phone to check the time, “Grace, though I have five hundred thousand dollars, I am afraid I can’t offer you the
money.” Gloria spoke frankly. She cached the amount of money for the sake of Grace, and that was the last thing she could do
for Grace.
“Thank you, Gloria. I appreciated you’ve helped me a lot. I know about Mr. Caden. So I would do the same thing if I were you.”
Then Grace took the elevator to go upstairs. When the door opened, she was shocked to see the person standing in front of her.
That one also paused in shock as he saw Grace.
“Grace...” That man called her gently.
Grace’s face turned ghastly pale, “Sir, I am afraid you are mistaking me for someone else. I am not Grace.”

Then she tried to close the door by pressing the bottom immediately.
“Wait!” The man stepped into the elevator, and he held Grace’s hands, “Grace, you must be Grace James! I am not mistaking.”
“Sorry, my name is not Grace James.”
“Grace, I know you are Grace exactly. I am so sorry for doing that to you as your elder brother.”
The word “brother” jarred her heard a bit.
“Sorry, I don’t know you, sir.”
“Grace, how are you doing? I miss you so much. I know I am a coward and I drowned myself in guilt every single day. Did
anyone bully you in that pri...in that place. Why you look so haggard?”
That man grabbed Grace’s shoulder, “Let me see you if you are...”
“Shut up! I told you to shut up!” Grace could not control herself any longer. How dared his so-called brother say such caring
words for her?
“You said you miss me and you are guilty. Have you, and those in the James family, ever come to see me in the prison during
that three years?”
“Can’t you tell how I am?”
How dared he even show concern that if she was bullied in the prison? How dared he?
It was so goddamn ridiculous.
“I am so sorry, Grace.”
His apology was the last thing Grace wanted.
“Even if anyone of you, the James family, has ever come me see me in prison, I would be grateful. Mr. Payne James, you don’t
need to say sorry to me. Please stay away from me and don’t stand in the way to disturb me from making money.”
“Making money? What?” Her brother, Payne James was quite confused upon hearing that.

Grace turned to look at Payne with a sneer, “Of course I am making money from men. The money that I could earn by satisfying
those men in the Royal Club.”
Payne felt like seeing a stranger. He shouted out of shame and anger, “Grace! How could you do that! How could you trade your
body with money? How could you do such filthy things?”
“You are lying right? Grace, tell me! I know a proud girl like you, who even dared to stay proud in front of Caden, will never do
those prostitute’s jobs just for money!”
Grace gritted as if she was about to break her own teeth. Suddenly, she seemed to recall something. She closed her eyes to
keep herself calm. Then she gulped back her anger and hatred when she opened her eyes again, “For the sake that we share
the same blood, lend me five hundred thousand dollars.”
“What? What are you going to do with that sum of money?”
“Because I own Caden a debt,” Grace continued calmly, “Mr. Payne James, I think it is not a big deal for you to afford five
hundred thousand, right? Now I am badly in need. Just do me a favor for the sake of our blood.”
However, Payne’s face turned dark as he heard the name of Caden, “Sorry...I can’t.”
Grace felt her ears buzzing. She stared at her brother in disbelief, “What did you just say?”
“Mr. Caden once warned us that either we abandoned Grace James or we sacrificed the whole family.” Payne sighed in guilt,
“Grace, I am so sorry. Our parents are too old to afford such a blow.”
Grace stared at Payne blankly, with her brain overwhelmed with Payne’s words. After quite a while, she lowered her head
helplessly, “Well, thank you, Mr. Payne James.”
“Grace, please don’t. I could do nothing about it either. Please forgive me.” While speaking, he took out a stake of money from
his wallet and handed to Grace, which seemed to be more than ten thousand dollars, “Grace, keep it. You can buy anything you
want with it.”
Grace stood still and did not take the money.
Payne grabbed her hands and pressed the money on her palm, “Grace, don’t be willful. Just take my favor.”
Grace felt her heart aching fiercely.

“Brother, though I am a bitch. But I will never accept the money from the James family!” She replied with a hoarse voice and
threw the stack of money in the air. The rain of money dropped in the elevator.
“And this is the last time I address you as my brother.”