I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 175

Franklin looked shocked, “…” After a while, he finally looked enlightened, “Grace, I don’t believe your words. I don’t believe that you are a gold-digger, otherwise, why would you say something to me like that last time. You asked me not to become a person that I hate because of you… Grace, I don’t believe that you are really a gold-digger. I know my behaviors hurt you, but…”

“Stop right there. Master Cordon, Let’s get it straight. Why don’t I just tell you everything. You want me to go with you? Sure, wait until the day you defeat Caden Shaw…”

She smiled mildly and reached out her hand, “Do you have a cigarette?”

Franklin was confused about her question and nodded: “Yes…”

Grace said, “Give me one.”

“What do you want the cigarette for?” Though Franklin was confused, he still handed over a cigarette.

When Franklin took out the cigarette and the lighter, Grace took away the lighter when grabbing the cigarette.

Crack!

Franklin was stunned, “What are you doing!” He stepped forth and wanted to throw away the cigarette in disbelief.

Grace dodged and took a deep sip of the cigarette, exhaling the smoke, “Master Cordon, you see, how much do you know about me? How much do you know about Grace James? And you want me to go with you? You don’t even know that I can smoke… So you would believe that the woman in front of you, Grace James, is not a gold-digger?”

Grace glanced at the frightened Franklin in contempt. The smoke further enlarged that contempt in her eyes… Grace looked exactly like a gold-digger who just hook up with a rich man and despised the poor young man.

“Just leave.” Her eyes were cold and she spoke contemptuously. She flipped the ash of the cigarette, but she did it so unskilled that the cigarette almost fell onto the ground. But Franklin’s attention was on Grace’s face at this moment.

Franklin didn’t expect to see this scene, not the scene of Grace smoking, but the woman holding the cigarette whose look and behaviors were completely the same as the women who loved his money. When those women went out to have fun with him, they looked at the beggars on the street in contempt, which was exactly how Grace was looking at him right now.

Grace was so similar to those women he met before!

Franklin was distracted by this sudden scene, but the next moment when he saw her leaving resolutely, he was woken up at once, “Don’t go! I don’t believe that! Grace, don’t you want to lie to me again!”

He stretched out to stop the woman, and he couldn’t help kissing the woman’s lips eagerly. Once he touched that lips, he sighed in his heart… A long-lost sensation.

Grace was shocked and stepped on Franklin’s feet!

“Let… Hmm!”

“Grace, I won’t let go no matter what this time! We have the chance to be together, even Caden wants to stop me, even I am against the entire world…” Franklin was immersed in an exciting mood, and he didn’t notice a sharp fist smashing to him from behind.

“Bang!”

“You don’t have to be against the entire world, I am your first enemy!” A grim voice rang out along with the sound of that punch.

Humbert stopped Ingemar, who wanted to help, “Don’t!”

Humbert was more reasonable, “Caden must be infuriated by this scene!”

Franklin’s head was bleeding instantly, and Grace widened her eyes in shock. She immediately took out her phone and dialed 120, “Hello, we need help…”

Before she finished, the phone fell to the ground into pieces.

Grace looked at the broken phone, “Mr. Shaw, what are you doing!”

Caden’s hands clenched into fists, “What am I doing? You ask me what I am doing? Grace…” The man spoke in an extremely soft yet strange tone, the danger was hidden behind his black eyes. He stared at Grace coldly, “What have you done? Or what are you going to do?… What? You want to leave with Cordon?”

Grace’s face turned pale, “Nonsense!” She was stubborn enough not to weep, and her sight landed on Franklin, she clenched her teeth, “Master Cordon!”

She didn’t want to explain nor to bear that man’s grievances!

Franklin also knew the truth.

When Franklin heard Grace’s words, which meant something else, his heart shrank and a sharp light flashed across his eyes. Thought with some hesitation, his desire to be in possession surged, “Mr. Shaw, Grace is afraid of you, but I am not! The grudge between you two was already in the past, and it was naive. Caden Shaw, you are so selfish to occupy Grace and wouldn’t let go even if you don’t like her!”

As Franklin said those words, the last sign of blood was drained away from Grace’s face! She stared at Franklin unbelievably!

Caden was so mad that he almost lost his mind! Franklin’s words made things worse. Caden’s sanity was almost taken over by jealousy, but Franklin’s words further stimulated this man.

Humbert’s heart trembled, “It’s over. Caden was completely pissed off!”

Caden’s deep eyes locked on that woman tightly… She was still looking at Franklin! Is there anything good about him to watch?

Was Franklin more good-looking than him?

Caden stared at Grace’s swollen red lips, sweat all over her face, even wetting her hair… Was the kiss so passionate? Even her hair was messy?

Thinking of this, the jealousy in his heart almost drove him crazy! As though poison was in his eyes, glaring at Grace fiercely, “Grace, well done!” It was impossible for her to leave him in her life!

Grace was also looking at Caden. Suddenly, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, “You haven’t changed. How is it possible for the proud Caden Shaw of the Shaw family to change?” She laughed in a heart-broken tone.

How would he change? What he gave her was more and more grievances, more and more distrust.

Making her painful and suffocating.

It was alright, Grace… Her lips curled up, “So, would you let us go, Mr. Shaw?”

She admitted it! She admitted it! Every bone of Caden was flooding with jealousy, the coldness in his eyes was deeper and deeper, “Grace, why are you still so naive… After all, you have been in the prison for three years.”

She looked at him with a smile, trying her best to ignore the pain that was tearing her heart. She smiled, “Mr. Shaw, you’re right. I will never forget this. You… don’t need to worry.”

Franklin grabbed Grace’s hand, “I am taking Grace away today!” He looked at Caden furiously.

“Give it a try. Try and see if you can take a person that I don’t want to let go.”

Caden stared at Franklin’s hand that grabbed Grace, feeling very uncomfortable.

He stepped forth and was about to punch Franklin in the face.

The two began to fight. Caden caught Grace and yelled, “Humbert, Ingemar, now it’s a group fight!”

“Fuck! This isn’t a group fight, it’s a bully!” Ingemar yelled, as though he despised Caden very much, but he was the first one to join the fight.

Humbert covered his forehead speechlessly… Ingemar was really trying to make things worse.

Since Ingemar joined the fight, Humbert had no reason not to follow.

The two fought with Franklin, Caden took the chance to pull Grace out of the fight zone. He bent down and picked her up straightly, “I will leave this to you guys.”

Humbert peaked at the person that was leaving, “Fuck! Caden, you asshole!”

Franklin was in a hurry when he saw that Grace was taken away, he grew more fierce, “Move out of my way!”

As for Grace, she was already put into the car.

“Where are we going?” Grace found that this section of the road wasn’t right, and asked hurriedly.

“Civil Affairs Bureau!”

She panicked, "The Civil Affairs Bureau is off work!"

The man chuckled, "You are so naive."

She seemed to understand his chuckle, and became more panicked, reaching out to pull the car door, "Open the door! I want to get off!”