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 the wind ripped the

had heard him. The tears streaming out of

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

her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and entwining around her

and the cold had

away from Rufus,

couldn't see a way forward. And she couldn't go back either.

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

together, unaware of how blue they were turning, and her body

the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind

a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of

the

to tidy yourself up," the man ordered

more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to

wipe the water from her face,

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

much like a corpse, and

to him, he tried to use his body to shelter her

felt her stir a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and

that he couldn't waste another second asking her how she

cradling her head 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 drove to his house, as fast as he could through the

a secret from his family, spending nights

was simply but stylishly decorated, expensive but not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a secret

face, but her body still trembled

out of the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would

in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from

the gentle way that

respectfully helped her peel off her

calm her; she gradually stopped quivering

just... 'Oh

his uninjured hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm her body up.

and as the mirrors steamed

softly, "I can do it

turn her head back to look at

resist. He would definitely take the

love this kind of treatment from

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