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 the wind ripped the words from out of his

had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain pouring down her

the rain at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her need to escape

her

the cold had seeped deep

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

And she

she found them

how blue they were turning, and her body

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

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

when he saw the frightened look

me take you to tidy yourself

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

more worried. He reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face,

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

had never seen her look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a

her close to him, he tried to use his body

eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then

he couldn't waste another second asking

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 of the hair out

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

was spacious, but tidy

dried on Cassandra's face, but her body still

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

possessed you to run out in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting

warmth in the

she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her into the hot

she gradually stopped quivering and began to

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she

water over her

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

she spoke softly,

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

rare that the little woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the chance to

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

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