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 rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the

tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain

at the spur of the moment. She was almost

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

heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into her

away from Rufus, but she had nowhere to run in such a storm.

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

tripped and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and mud, and after standing up she saw her

turning, and her body was trembling so much that she could barely

of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind

again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of him not fill

went furious when he saw the

tidy yourself up," the man ordered firmly.

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

from her face, and

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

a corpse, and

him, he tried to use his body

her eyes

realized that he couldn't waste another second asking her

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

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

was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra

Cassandra's face, but her body

recently come out of the hospital, and feared that her

that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from

warmth in the gentle way that he handled

move, he respectfully helped her

gradually stopped quivering and began

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh no...'

over

her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the

spoke softly, "I

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

didn't firmly resist. He would definitely

of treatment from

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