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?"

The rain streamed across his face, and the wind

The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the

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

her eyes

were soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep

from

she couldn't go

and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and mud, and after standing

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

weather would be. In

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

the frightened look on Cassandra's face.

tidy

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

her face, and nearly drew back in shock when he felt how cold she was.

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

look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill

he tried to use his body to shelter her from the

little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at

couldn't waste another second asking her how she was feeling.

buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of

kept this place a secret from his family, spending nights

spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a secret

dried on Cassandra's face, but her body still trembled all over.

had just recently come out of the hospital, and feared that her time in

could stop you from acting out?"

could feel the warmth in the gentle way that he handled

helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her into

seemed to calm her; she gradually

'Oh

hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders

face, and as the mirrors steamed up

softly,

her head back to look at the man behind her. Rufus just ignored her small request.

firmly resist. He would definitely take

love this kind of

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