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 face, and

him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled

leapt into the rain at the spur of the moment. She was

her eyes and mouth and entwining

cold had seeped deep into her flesh and bones.

needed to get away from Rufus, but she had nowhere to

couldn't see a way forward. And she couldn't

her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered

unaware of how blue they were turning, and her

cold when she ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran

but

when he saw the frightened look on

tidy yourself up,"

more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked

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

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

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

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

little, and her eyes

another second asking her how she was

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 give her. He drove

a secret from his family, spending nights here at times

was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would

Cassandra's face, but her

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

What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger behind his words.

warmth in the gentle way

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

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

just... 'Oh no...'

hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm

and as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush

last, she spoke softly,

to look at the man

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

were many women who would love this kind of

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