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?"

out of his voice. The rain streamed across his face, and the

out of her eyes mingled with the

the moment. She was almost knocked flat by the storm, but her need to escape pushed her forward.

her face, getting in her eyes

and the cold had seeped deep into her flesh

away from Rufus, but she

forward. And she couldn't go back

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

together, unaware of how blue they were turning, and her body was trembling so much

the cold when she ran out of the carpark nor realized how dangerous this weather would be. In desperation she ran to find some kind of shelter. This was

the rain, but why did

furious when he saw the frightened

you to tidy yourself

eyes looked empty and unfocused, and she seemed

her face,

you. Don't worry. It's okay," the man

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

to him, he tried to use his

eyes looked momentarily up at him, and then away.

waste another second asking her how

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,

had kept this place a secret from his family, spending nights here

It was spacious, but tidy and

had dried on Cassandra's face, but her

hospital, and feared that her time in the rain would make her sick again.

that? What, not even a typhoon could stop you from acting out?" Rufus scolded her,

in the gentle way that

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

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

just... 'Oh

his uninjured hand, Rufus trickled some water over her shoulders to warm her body

color started to return to her face, and as the mirrors

softly, "I

to look

didn't firmly resist. He would definitely take the chance to serve the

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

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