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?"

rain streamed

gave no indication that she had heard him. The tears streaming out of her eyes mingled with the

leapt into the rain at the spur of the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her need

her eyes and

and the cold had seeped deep into

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

see a 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 she saw her

blue they were turning, and her body was trembling so much that she

nor realized how dangerous this weather would be.

again, now, emerging like a hero from the rain, but why did the sight of him not fill

furious when he saw the

me take you to tidy

eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she

from her face, and nearly drew back in shock when he felt how

worry. It's okay," the man tried to reassure her and himself.

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

tried to use his body

felt her stir a little, and her eyes looked momentarily up

realized that he couldn't waste another second

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

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

It was spacious, but tidy and well-maintained. Cassandra wondered why Rufus would have such a secret space to himself.

tears had dried on Cassandra's face, but her

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 hammered at the thought.

not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger behind his

the warmth in the gentle way that he handled

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

her; she gradually stopped quivering and began to come to her senses.

that…he had just... 'Oh no...' she

Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to

and as the mirrors steamed up in the room, a blush rose to her

last, she spoke softly, "I can do it

she didn't dare turn her head back to look at the

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

all there were many women who would love this kind of treatment from him, but he would

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