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?"

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

streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain pouring

the spur of the moment. She was almost

clung to her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and entwining around her

clothes were soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh and bones.

She needed to get away from Rufus,

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

found them covered

turning, and her body was trembling so much that she

this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This was when Rufus

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

saw the

take you to tidy yourself up," the man ordered firmly.

more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the

reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and

Don't worry. It's okay," the man tried

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

tried to use his body to

a little, and her eyes looked momentarily

couldn't waste another second asking her how

carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished

spending nights here

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

had dried on Cassandra's face, but her body still trembled all

her time in

typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but

in the gentle way that he handled

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

to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh no...'

uninjured hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders

as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a

spoke softly, "I can do it

she whispered, she didn't dare turn her head back to look at the man behind her. Rufus just

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

this kind of

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