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?"

out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the words from

out of her eyes

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

her face, getting in her eyes

heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh and bones.

from Rufus, but she had nowhere to run in such a

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

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

how blue they were turning, and her body was trembling so much that she

hadn't thought about the cold when she ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of

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

he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's

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

could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the

the water from her face, and nearly drew

It's okay," the man tried

and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill down

tried to use his body to shelter her from

stir a little, and her eyes looked

waste another second asking her

He brought her carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her

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

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

but her body still

the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her

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

feel the warmth in the gentle way that he

her peel off her ruined clothing, and

of the water seemed to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to

that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she thought, 'not

some water over

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

spoke softly, "I

turn her head back to look at

woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely

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

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