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?"

tried to keep the anger and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his

tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the

leapt into the rain at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but

her eyes and mouth

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

to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but she had nowhere to

she couldn't go

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

turning, and her

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

but why did

he saw the

Let me take you to tidy yourself up," the man ordered

tears. Her eyes looked

out a hand to wipe the water from her

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

a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill down Rufus's spine.

to him, he tried to use his body to shelter her from the rain.

her eyes

realized that he couldn't waste another second

in and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished he had a blanket

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

simply but stylishly decorated, expensive but not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy

Cassandra's face, but

and feared that her time in the rain would make her

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

feel the warmth in the gentle way

he respectfully helped her peel off her ruined

calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she thought,

hand, Rufus trickled some water over her

started to return to her face, and as the mirrors steamed

she spoke softly,

back to look at the man

rare that the little woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the chance to

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

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