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?"

rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the words from out of his

that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her

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

clung to her face, getting in her eyes and

soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped

to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but she had nowhere to run in such a storm.

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 just as filthy.

turning, and her

ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would

emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of him

he saw the

me take you to tidy yourself up," the man ordered firmly.

more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty

from her face,

okay," the

never seen her look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill down Rufus's

him, he tried to use his body to shelter

and her eyes looked momentarily up

he couldn't waste another second asking her how she

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

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

but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a

on Cassandra's face, but her

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

a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger behind his words.

warmth in the gentle

saw that she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel

to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to

that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she thought, 'not

his uninjured hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm her body

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

spoke softly, "I can

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

firmly resist. He

of treatment from him, but he would only

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