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?"

and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his

heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with

at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her

hair clung to her face, getting in her eyes

cold had seeped deep into

away from

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

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

were turning, and her body

weather would be. In desperation she ran to find

was him again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the

saw the frightened look

Let me take you to tidy yourself

said could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the strength to

more worried. He reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and

with you. Don't worry. It's okay,"

never seen her look so much like a corpse, and

him, he tried to use his body to

her eyes looked momentarily up

realized that he couldn't waste another second asking her how she was feeling.

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

spending nights here at times instead of at

expensive but not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and

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

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

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

the gentle way

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

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

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she

Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders

and as the mirrors steamed up in the room,

softly, "I can do it

turn her head back to look at the man behind

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

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

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