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

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

She was almost knocked flat by the storm,

in her eyes and

were soaked and heavy, and the cold

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

forward. And she couldn't go back

lifted her hands she found them covered in dirt and mud, and after

turning, and her body was trembling so much that she could

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

from the rain, but

furious when he saw the frightened look on Cassandra's

me take you to tidy

just cry more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed to lack

water from her face, and nearly

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

look so much like a corpse, and the lifelessness in her

her close to him, he tried to use his

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

another second asking her

of his car, buckled her in and brushed some of the hair out of her face.

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

but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a secret space

had dried on Cassandra's face, but her body

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

rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real

in the gentle way that he handled

he respectfully helped her peel off her ruined clothing, and lowered her into the hot

her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come

had just... 'Oh no...' she thought,

water over

the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush

softly, "I can do it

whispered, she didn't dare turn her head back to look at the man behind her. Rufus just ignored

that the little woman didn't firmly resist. He would

would love this kind of

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