A Graduation Gift

Chapter 62 The Storm

A heavy silence permeated the elevator. Cassandra glanced at the redness spreading over Rufus' hand, and felt her heart squeeze in pain.

She tried to keep the tears in her eyes from running down her face.

"Rufus… You… You asshole!"

The words burst from her. She struggled to get her emotions under control, barely noticing that her fingernails were dug into her palms. Her voice trembled with emotion.

Her reaction made Rufus's face soften.

He looked away from her, wanting to conceal the swirl of emotions in his nebulous eyes.

Each droplet of tears that escaped from her eyes splashed straight onto his heart.

His heart became heavier and heavier.

As soon as the lift doors opened, Cassandra rushed out. After a second Rufus realized that she was heading not toward the carpark, but towards the exit.

While he stood there stunned, Cassandra disappeared into the heavy rain.

He dashed to the main gate, but Cassandra was nowhere to be seen.

The swirling sky above him, was dark as ink. A traffic light stood out in the storm, a beacon in the night.

He stood for a second, and then spun back toward the carpark. Climbed into his car, he sped out of the building right away.

The car seared through the thundering weather; the wipers screeching hopelessly against the downpour. He peered through the rain, barely able to see the road. He had no idea how he would find Cassandra.

But Rufus was determined. Slowly, he circled around the block, driving back and forth for some time before finally spotting a bedraggled woman at the corner of the street.

She was huddled under a ledge outside of a darkened shop. The ledge barely kept the rain from her, with water lashing at her on either side.

As he parked the car and leapt out of the door, he saw her sitting on haunches and staring blankly at the rain.

He ripped his coat off and covered her with it.

He crouched down and put his arms around her, almost flinching as he felt how cold and drenched she was.

"What were you thinking? Do you know how severe this typhoon is?"

and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the

heard him. The tears streaming out of her

at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her need

her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and entwining

and the cold

She needed to get away from Rufus, but she had nowhere to run in such

forward. And she couldn't go back either. Cassandra

lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and mud, and after standing up she saw her

they were turning, and her

weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This was when Rufus

rain, but why did the sight of him

furious when he saw the frightened look on

take you to tidy yourself up,"

nothing Rufus said could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the strength to lift her

worried. He reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock when

happened to you? I'm with you. Don't worry. It's okay," the man tried to reassure her and

corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes

tried to use his body to shelter

a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up

another second asking her how she was feeling.

in and brushed some of the hair

had kept this place a secret from his family, spending nights here at times instead of at

but tidy

face, but her body still trembled all over.

hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her sick again. His

possessed you to run out in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her,

could feel the warmth in the gentle way that he handled her.

he respectfully helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her

water seemed to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering

just... 'Oh no...'

trickled some water over her shoulders to

to her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush rose to

spoke softly, "I can

back to look at

woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the

kind of treatment

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