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

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

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

hair clung to her face, getting in her eyes and mouth

heavy, and the cold

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

And she

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

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

weather would be. In desperation she ran to

the rain, but why did the sight

went furious when he saw the frightened look

Let me take you to tidy yourself up,"

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

water from her face, and nearly

okay," the man

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

close to him, he tried to use his body to shelter her from

stir a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and

couldn't waste another second asking

under her arms, lifting her gently and cradling her head against his 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 wished he had a blanket to

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

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

dried on Cassandra's face, but her body

of the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her sick again. His heart

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

the warmth in the gentle way

she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel

she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to her senses.

'Oh no...'

Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm

the mirrors steamed up in the room,

softly,

her head back to look at the

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

of treatment from him, but he would only

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