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?"

of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the wind ripped the words

no indication that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes

leapt into the rain at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by

her eyes and mouth and entwining around her

and heavy, and the cold had

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

way forward. And she

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

turning, and her body was

weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This

emerging like a hero from the rain, but

he saw the frightened

Let me take you to tidy yourself up," the man

could provoke anything more than just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack the

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

worry. It's okay," the man tried to

a corpse, and the

him, he tried to use his

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

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

passenger seat of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her face. He wished he had a blanket

family, spending nights here at times instead

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

tears had dried on Cassandra's face, but her

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

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

the

her peel off her ruined clothing, and

calm her; she gradually stopped quivering

had just... 'Oh no...' she thought, 'not

Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm her body

and as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a

she spoke softly, "I can do it

turn her head back to look

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

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

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