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?"

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

had heard him. The tears streaming out of her

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

clung to her face, getting in her eyes and mouth

cold had seeped

away from Rufus, but she

way forward. And she couldn't go back either. Cassandra kept

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

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 was when

him again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of him not fill her

the

you to tidy yourself

Rufus said could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty

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

okay," the

and the lifelessness in her

tried to use his body to

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

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

of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of

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

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

Cassandra's face, but her body still

of the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make

typhoon could stop you from acting

the warmth in the gentle way that he handled her.

respectfully helped her peel off her ruined

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

that…he had just... 'Oh no...'

over her shoulders to warm

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

she spoke softly,

to look at the man

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

many women who would love this kind of treatment from

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