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?"

streamed across his face, and

gave no indication that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled

the moment. She was almost

hair clung to her face, getting in her

heavy, and the cold had seeped

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

see a way forward. And she

knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and

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

realized how dangerous this weather

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

saw the frightened look on

you to tidy yourself

eyes looked empty and unfocused,

hand to wipe the water from her face,

It's okay," the man tried

look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in

to use his

her stir a little, and her eyes looked

that he couldn't waste another second asking her how she

his chest. He brought her carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished he had a blanket to give

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

expensive but not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such

Cassandra's face, but her

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

to run out in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger

the warmth in the gentle

respectfully helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her into the hot

gradually stopped quivering and began to come

'Oh no...' she thought, 'not

over her shoulders to warm her body up.

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

softly, "I can do it

dare turn her head back to look at the man behind her. Rufus just ignored her small

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

women who would love this kind of treatment from him, but

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