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?"

streamed across his

heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain pouring

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

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

the cold had seeped deep

where to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but

she couldn't go back either. Cassandra

she tripped and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them

her lips together, unaware of how blue they were turning, and her body was trembling so much

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

rain, but why did the sight

saw the frightened look

tidy yourself up," the man

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

He reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock

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

had never seen her look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her

use his body

he felt her stir a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then away.

waste another second asking her how

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

spending nights here at times instead of at

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

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

had just recently come out of the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her sick again. His heart hammered at

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

could feel the warmth in the gentle

her peel off her

to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to

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

over her shoulders to

the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush

softly, "I can do it

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

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

many women who would love this kind of

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