A Graduation Gift

Chapter 16 A Warning From Lionel

Lionel's words echoed through the large bedroom, ringing in Cassandra's ears. Cassandra looked around, irritated. 'Doesn't Lionel dislike me? Why would he come to my bedroom at such a time?' she wondered.

'Unless…Unless he saw me in Rufus' bedroom just now!' The thought made Cassandra nervous.

"Cassandra, you haven't answered my question! Where were you just now? It's late." Lionel's question broke through Cassandra's thoughts and snapped her back to attention.

Lionel gripped Cassandra's chin harder, forcing her to look into his eyes and answer him. Cassandra shifted uncomfortably, trying not to whimper from the pain. She returned Lionel's gaze, raising her chin in angry defiance, then took a deep breath.

"I had a meeting with my friend tonight,"

she spoke slowly, trying to calm herself down.

Cassandra knew that she couldn't tell Lionel the truth right now. After all, she knew that what she had done was wrong.

"Your friend? Funny...After all those years you spent in Rome, I'm surprised that you still have friends in G City."

Lionel raised his eyebrows and snorted sarcastically. Clearly, he didn't believe Cassandra. The calmer she stood before him, never breaking his gaze, the more she could see his anger rising.

Cassandra had always been good at hiding her feelings. And cunning women angered him the most.

"Can you please let go of me? You're hurting me!"

The truth was that she was actually overwhelmed by the pain in her chin. This infuriated her. How dare he treated

and released her face. Breaking free from his grip, Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief.

still going to stay in my

the bedroom. Once again she could tell that her indifference

two long strides he caught up with

sound of his steps falling struck fear into Cassandra. She turned to look

word, Lionel had lifted her roughly into the air and thrown her onto

are

of her chest. The thought of being touched by this man filled her with horror, and

in name only. There had never been any physical contact between

familiar sardonic smile crept across Lionel's face. He sneered down

me? Huh? Why pretend to be so

her skin. Cassandra instinctively

Why would Rufus look at you like that when he had first come back to the family?

been asking around, and it turned out that his brother had been to Rome just before he came back

the interesting reaction that Rufus and Cassandra had

truth, Cassandra. Why would that man care about you so much? Could it

up from the bed. Pale

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