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?"

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

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

She was

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

soaked and heavy, and the cold had

where to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but she

And she couldn't

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

lips together, unaware of how blue they were turning, and her body was

hadn't thought about the cold when she ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be.

emerging like a hero from the rain, but

he saw the frightened look on

you to tidy

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

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

okay," the man

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

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

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

second asking her how she was feeling.

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

a secret from his family, spending nights here at times instead of at the office.

not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered

but her body still

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

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

in the gentle way that he handled

helped her peel off her ruined clothing,

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

just... 'Oh no...' she

some water over her shoulders to warm her body up.

return to her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush rose to her cheeks.

last, she spoke softly, "I can do it

look at the man behind her.

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

women who would love this kind of treatment from him, but he would only do this for Cassandra.

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