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?"

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

no indication that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain pouring down her scalp.

of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her

face, getting in her eyes and

heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into

didn't know where to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but

see a way forward. And she couldn't go

found

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

weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This

him again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but

went furious when he saw the

tidy

looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the strength to lift

wipe the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock

worry. It's okay," the man tried to reassure her and himself.

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

to use his

felt her stir a little, and her eyes looked

he couldn't waste another second asking her how she was

car, buckled her in and brushed some of the

kept this place a secret from his family, spending

tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a secret space to himself.

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

that her time in the

out in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting

warmth in the gentle

he saw that she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her into

calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and

had just... 'Oh no...' she thought,

over her shoulders

to her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the

last, she spoke softly, "I can do

whispered, she didn't dare turn her head back to look at

little woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the chance to serve the beauty.

would love this kind of treatment from him, but he

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