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?"

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

streaming out

moment. She was almost knocked flat by the

in her eyes and mouth and

soaked and heavy, and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh

She needed to get away from Rufus,

a way forward. And she couldn't go back either. Cassandra kept running.

hands she found them covered in dirt and

how blue they were turning, and her body was

how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to

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

saw the frightened look on Cassandra's

take you to tidy yourself up,"

more tears. Her eyes looked empty and unfocused, and

out a hand to wipe the water from her face,

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

a corpse, and the lifelessness in her eyes sent a chill down Rufus's spine.

tried to use his

little, and her eyes looked momentarily up

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.

secret from his family, spending nights here

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

had dried on Cassandra's face, but her body

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

you to run out in the rain like that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her, but with no real anger behind his words.

the warmth in the gentle way that

her peel off her

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

seemed that…he had just... 'Oh

some water over her shoulders to warm her body

mirrors steamed up in

last, she spoke softly, "I can do it

head back to look at the

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

were many women who would love this kind of treatment

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