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 words from out of

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

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

her eyes and mouth and entwining

cold had seeped deep into her

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

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

the rain, she tripped and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered

turning, and her body was trembling so

how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of

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

went furious when he saw the frightened

tidy yourself up," the man

more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused,

out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and nearly

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

so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her

to him, he tried to use his body to shelter her from the

her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then away.

second asking her

to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of

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

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

on Cassandra's face, but her body

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

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

in the

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

her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to

had just... 'Oh no...' she

Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders

and as the mirrors steamed

last, she spoke softly,

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

resist. He would definitely take the

all there were many women who would love this kind of treatment from him, but he

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