I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden)
Chapter 243 Crisis of the Shaw Group

Opening her eyes, Grace noticed that the room was covered in white.

"Are you awake?"

"Ingemar?"

She rolled her eyes again, trying to adapt to the bright sunlight outside the window. She did not ask why she was in the hospital.

Her memories were broken. Now that she woke up, she started to remember bit by bit.

She remembered that it was Mrs. James.

"Where is she?" she asked slowly.

"Caden is not here."

"I mean Mrs. James."

Hearing this, Ingemar was instantly enraged.

"To you, Caden is not so important as Mrs. James, right?" he sneered, "Grace, have you ever loved him?"

If she had, why was she so indifferent?

When Grace heard this, she couldn't help but feel absurd.

She sized Ingemar up carefully.

"Why are you staring at me?" Ingemar was enraged at her gaze. What did that look mean?

He did not replace his words ridiculous.

The woman on the bed withdrew her gaze and looked out of the window.

"I'm talking to you! Can't you hear me?" Ingemar was unreasonably impatient. Why was she... Why was she so indifferent?

He couldn't tell why on earth he was unhappy about Grace.

Nevertheless, he was inexplicably irritated.

But he suddenly noticed that the woman on the bed was extremely quiet. He was suddenly shocked. He only felt that her world was wrapped in a glass cover. There seemed to be an invisible layer in the air, isolating everything from her. In her world, the people outside had no way in.

A person inside didn't want to come out, either.

As a result, such a strange and contradictory scene appeared.

Grace quietly looked out of the window, when Ingemar looked at her in a daze.

Finally, he sighed. He gave in. Whoever wanted to compete with this woman in terms of endurance and calmness would have no chance of winning.

He asked her first,

"Do you know how long you've been unconscious?"

He picked up an apple, peeled it, and said,

"This is the third day.

It should not be a big problem. You should have become sober a long time ago. I don't know why I couldn't wake you up. Perhaps, you're too tired, aren't you?

Caden was here with you in the hospital for two days. He received a phone call last night and hastily borrowed Lord Fifth Master Lo's private plane, leaving for S City overnight in a hurry."

Fifth Master Lo, Grace has heard of this name before. He was the local great gentry with a bad temper. He was not an easy-going person.

Caden actually borrowed a private plane from Fifth Master Lo... Grace frowned slightly, and a trace of worry flashed through her calm eyes.

Seeing that she was indifferent, Ingemar was so angry that he wanted to throw away the apple in his hand. Did she understand or not that Caden was in big trouble?!

"Aren't you worried about him?

Don't you care about his safety" Ingemar put down the apple and stared at Grace. He didn't want to miss the subtle change of expression on her face at all.

"The Shaw Group."

The sentence was like a thunder in ears!

Grace lay on the bed. Her calm eyes were not filled with great shock!

Was the Shaw Group going to change its owner? It was his behemoth.

Was the Shaw Group about to collapse? It was his empire.

The Shaw Group was all his effort!

Unknowingly, she tightened her grip on the sheets.

Ingemar keenly sensed the fluctuations of her emotions. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

If she really didn't care about Caden anymore, Ingemar would love to make her "accidentally die" at all costs.

It was true that she had suffered a lot, but Ingemar was never a good man anyway. It was true that everything was unfair to her. But if nothing could save Caden except for her death, he would not hesitate to do it. After all, he favored Caden more.

No matter how good Grace was, he just didn't care.

No matter how bad Caden was, he still believed that Caden was perfect.

"It has been several years since you left, and Caden has been looking for you like a mad man.

He said that even if he was old and dead, he would never give up looking for you. He would travel through all the corners of the world, just for you.

He worked day and night, and his career continued to expand.

He has spent all his spare time searching for you. All over the world.

Grace, he misses you."

Grace was irritated for no reason and became angry with Ingemar, saying,

"Why are you telling me about this?! What does it matter to me?

It sounds like Caden has deep feelings for me,

but I only beg him to let me go.

We don't owe each other after departing. This is the best ending between me and him."

And now?

Why did he ask Ingemar to be a lobbyist?

What else did she have to offer Caden?

She wanted to hear the answer from him!

"Ingemar, look at me! Look at me!" She sat up with a bang, her pale face flushed again. She gasped heavily and pointed at herself, saying, "Over the past few years, I have allowed you to tease me. I would do whatever you want me to do.

Anyone could throw a stack of money and ask me to take the money and make them happy."

Grace had tried her best to control her emotions. She continued, "I loved him, and I never denied it.

I have only loved Caden in my entire life. I have never been impressed by anyone else.

But you can't bully me because of my love!"

she said resolutely, gnashing her teeth.

"You can't bully me because of my love!"

Ingemar was shocked!

He had never sat down so formally with Grace alone before. They had never had a real talk.

Over these years, he had only seen that both she and Caden pestered each other.

At first, she was busy chasing after Caden.

And then that happened.

In the next few years, she was busy hiding from him.

Whether him or Humbert, they seemed to be indifferent to Grace from the beginning to the end. They were indifferent to her love, along with her fear.

He and Humbert only watched coldly until she escaped. And then, Caden went crazy.

Afterwards, they didn't say anything, but they actually hated Grace. It was Grace who had made Caden miserable. They watched as Caden turned from a proud man to a beggar for love.

Even when they had got the surveillance video,

they were also completely indifferent. When Grace got out of prison, they did not see her hopeless eyes. They only folded their arms, looked at her and said regretfully, "Ah, how did that arrogant and famous Grace in Shanghai at that time turn into such a coward?" However, Grace was right in front of him, shouting at the top of her lungs, "You can't bully me because I love Caden!" Ingemar knew that "you" referred to not only Caden, but also him and Humbert.

These words alone were enough to show that Grace knew him and Humbert pretty well. She had seen through that they were forcing her to lower her head, to compromise, to follow Caden in a daze and to live a lifetime in misery.

"Ingemar," Grace took a deep breath as she calmed herself, saying, "What do you think the outcome of me and Caden should be?"

Ingemar moved his lips. He wanted to say, "Live a good life."

But Grace interrupted him.

"If I'm smart enough, I should obediently behave like a doll. I don't know what Mr. Shaw wants to do. In short, I'll obediently make love with him when he wants it. When he gets tired of it, I should obediently scram again.

In this way, he will get what he wants, and you will all be satisfied."

Ingemar was shocked... She didn't seem to care about anything, but she had seen through everything.

"Ingemar, physical wounds will be cured, but as for the cut in my heart, even if it is secured, there will be some traces left."

She showed a smile which was uglier than a crying face and said,

"How can I face him like normal, pretending that nothing has happened?!"

At this moment, Ingemar was speechless facing this interrogation. His sophistry and bias were so pale and powerless when he saw Grace's eyes being filled with pain.

"How am I supposed to face him?

How can I forgive him?

How can I be together with him?

How can I... trust him any more?!" Grace said to herself.

Who knew what tricks that man wanted to play again? He said that he hated her. He questioned, "why aren't you dead?" He said that she didn't deserve to live, and that even if she lived, she should atone for Wallis for the rest of her life. Well, she was still alive. That was true.

However, she was too tired to support the love. She was exhausted to hate him.

But between her and Caden, things remained complicated. They were all entangled together, like a chaotic mess that could not be untied.

What she had yearned for had become what she was afraid.

Grace closed her eyes on the bed... She smiled bitterly. "Leona, there is no paradise in the world. Erhai Lake is not safe, either," she said to herself.

S City.

Caden returned at night. He had not slept for a long time. He opened his eyes, which were already scarlet red. Cold and exhausted, he found Master Shaw playing chess at the old mansion of the Shaw Group. "Why are you doing this?"

Apart from those bloodshot eyes, he looked calm and indifferent. He landed his gaze on the old man, who was not far away from him.

He didn't even give a glance at the man playing chess with Master Shaw. He knew that it was Kern, who had been fighting with him in the lodgings by Erhai Lake a few days ago.

"You don't love your career. Rather, you love beauties. Why should I leave the Shaw Group to you? You are not my only grandson."

Caden didn't go angry. He seemed to be weighing Master Shaw's words as he watched him playing chess.

"Whatever you like," Caden said nonchalantly after a while. His gaze landed on Master Shaw. His tone was indescribably cold and indifferent as he said,

"Give it a try. We'll see if you could take the Shaw Group away from me."

He had been working day and night all these years to expand his career. Only in this way could he fill the void in his heart. Nevertheless, all his career was inferior to Grace. However, it was better than nothing.

It was just that he had forgotten to be cautious about the enemies behind his back after expanding the frontline.

Looking at Master Shaw, Caden turned around and left. He didn't even look back...He never expected that his own grandfather would make such a trouble to him.

As for what Kern wanted, he wouldn't give it to him anyway.

Neither the Shaw Group, nor Grace.000000000000☐☐☐☐