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?"

his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and

had heard him. The tears streaming out of her

the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her need to escape pushed

her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and

soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh

away from Rufus, but she had

And she couldn't go back either. Cassandra kept

her knees. When she lifted her hands she found

of how blue they were turning, and her body was trembling so much that she could barely stand.

of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This was when Rufus found

him again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why

furious when he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's face.

tidy yourself up,"

anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed

the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock when he

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

seen her look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her

he tried to use

her stir a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then away.

he couldn't waste another second

against his chest. He brought her carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished he had a blanket to give her. He

place a secret from his family, spending nights here at times instead of at the office.

luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why

face, but her body still trembled all

her time

the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real

the warmth in the gentle way that he handled her.

he saw that she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel off

to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to

had just... 'Oh no...' she thought,

trickled some water over her shoulders to

to return to her face, and as the mirrors

spoke softly, "I can

back to look at the man behind her. Rufus

didn't firmly resist. He

who would love this kind of treatment from him, but he

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