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?"

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

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

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

her face, getting in her eyes and mouth and

were soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep

from Rufus, but she had

couldn't see a way forward. And she

by the rain, she tripped and fell to her knees. When she lifted her hands she found them covered in

turning, and her body was trembling so

how dangerous this weather would

but why did the sight of him not fill her

when he saw the

take you to tidy yourself

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

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

okay,"

corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent

him, he tried to use his

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

another second asking her

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 of her face. He wished he had a blanket to give her. He drove to his house, as fast as he could through the dangerous

his family, spending nights

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

had dried on Cassandra's face, but her body still trembled all over.

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

typhoon could stop you from acting out?"

the gentle way that

she still could not move, he respectfully helped her peel off

she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to her

had just... 'Oh no...'

some water over

color started to return to her face, and as the mirrors steamed up in the

spoke softly, "I can do

didn't dare turn her head back to look

the little woman didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the

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

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