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?"

his voice. The rain streamed across

The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the rain pouring down

spur of the moment. She was

her face, getting in her eyes and

heavy, and the cold

didn't know where to turn. She needed to get away from Rufus, but she had nowhere

see a way forward. And she couldn't

she lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and

were turning, and her body was trembling so

realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to

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

went furious when he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's

Let me take you to tidy yourself up,"

said could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and

a hand to wipe the water from her face, and

worry. It's okay," the man tried

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

tried to use his

little, and her eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then

he couldn't waste another second asking her how she

her carefully to the passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed

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

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

but her body

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

rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop

warmth in the gentle way that he

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

calm her; she gradually stopped

just... 'Oh

over her shoulders to warm her body

the mirrors

she spoke softly, "I can

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

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

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

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