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 anger and fear out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the words from out

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

moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm,

getting in her

soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into

from Rufus, but she had nowhere to run in such a storm.

she couldn't go back either.

to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and mud, and after

turning, and her body

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

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

when he saw the frightened look

me take you to tidy yourself

more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked

reached out a hand to wipe the water from her face, and nearly drew back in shock

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

corpse, and the lifelessness in her

to use his body to shelter her from

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

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

and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished he had a blanket to give her. He drove to his house, as fast as he

family, spending nights here at times instead of at the office.

but stylishly decorated, expensive but not luxurious. It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra

Cassandra's face, but her body still

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

the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting

could feel the warmth in the gentle way

helped her peel

to calm her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to her

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

trickled some water over her shoulders

and as the mirrors steamed

softly, "I can

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

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

kind of treatment from him, but he would only

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