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?"

voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind

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, but her need to escape pushed her

in her eyes and mouth and entwining around her

and heavy, and the cold had

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

couldn't see a way forward. And she couldn't go

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

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

the cold when she ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In

like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight

furious when he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's face.

you to tidy yourself

just cry more tears. Her eyes looked

from her face, and nearly drew back

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

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

tried to use his body to shelter her from

eyes looked

waste another second asking her how she

arms under her arms, lifting her gently and cradling her head against his chest. He brought her carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some

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

was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why

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

remembered that she had just recently come out of the hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her sick again. His heart hammered at the

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

could feel the warmth in the gentle way that

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

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

had just... 'Oh no...' she thought,

some water over her

return to her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the room,

softly, "I can

to look at the man behind her. Rufus just ignored her small request.

firmly resist. He

there were many women who would love this kind of treatment

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