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?"

to keep the anger and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the

that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the

rain at the spur of the moment. She was

her eyes

cold had

to get away from

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

rain, she tripped and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in

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

how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This was

now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of him

saw the frightened look on

tidy yourself up,"

could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and

out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock when he felt how cold she was.

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

like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill down

use his body to shelter her from the

and her eyes looked momentarily

couldn't waste another second asking her how she

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

a secret from his family, spending nights here at times instead of at

It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained.

face, but her

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

a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger behind

warmth in the gentle way that he handled

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

gradually

had just... 'Oh no...'

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

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

she spoke softly, "I can

look at

was so rare that the little woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely

kind of treatment from him, but he would only do this for Cassandra.

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