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?"

tried to keep the anger and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind

she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes

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

to her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and

and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh and bones.

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

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

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

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

but why did the sight of him not fill her

he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's

to tidy yourself up,"

just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to

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

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

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

tried to use his body to shelter

little, and her eyes

second asking her how

and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He

secret from his family, spending nights here at times

tidy and

Cassandra's face, but her body still

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

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

warmth in the gentle way that he handled

respectfully helped her peel

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

just... 'Oh no...' she thought, 'not

uninjured hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm her body

color started to return to her face, and as the mirrors

softly, "I can do

head back to look at the man behind

was so rare that the little woman didn't firmly resist. He

many women who would love this kind of

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