A Graduation Gift

After reaching the hospital, Lionel rushed into the emergency room with Cassandra in his arms.

"Hospitalize her!" he ordered, gave a wad of money and hurried away.

As quickly as he had come, his footsteps receded into the night, leaving the doctor bewildered at his abrupt manner.

Cassandra willed her eyes to open and looked at the doctor on duty, with a bitter smile on her lips.

"Doctor, I think I have a fever," said Cassandra weakly.

Then she lost consciousness and fell backwards.

Luckily, a pair of powerful arms caught her.

'Well, the doctor is quick in movement. He's really a nice and thoughtful man, '

thought Cassandra the second she fell into a coma.

The doctor stared at the second man who suddenly appeared in the emergency room. He suspected this second man must have come here in hot pursuit of the unruly character who had just left. By their manner of handling the unconscious lady, it was obvious there was bad blood between the two.

Rufus's face darkened with anger. Urgently, he ordered the third guy who accompanied him and was standing by his side, "Victor, keep a close watch on him. Find out what he's up to."

Quietly, Victor nodded and left, pensively touching his nose with a finger. By the hasty way in which Rufus followed Lionel, he knew Rufus really cared about Cassandra.

Rufus was right. Lionel didn't intend to take Cassandra to the doctor. It was just his excuse.

From the parking lot Lionel stepped on the gas and drove like a maniac straight to Ivy's home, burning with anxiety.

A puffy eyed Ivy came to open the door. When she saw Lionel, she threw herself directly into his arms.

"Here you are at last," she greeted, her anxiety echoing on every syllable.

A beautiful, strong woman most of the time, Ivy was now clumsy and irritable. She wore little make-up and was terribly upset. It distressed Lionel.

Helping her to sit on the sofa and wiping away her tears, Lionel held Ivy in his arms and comforted, "Take it easy. I'm here with you."

of his arms, Ivy sobbed all the more, her shoulders twitching and her voice

do? I want to

Lionel flatly refused without a second thought, "No, you can't keep

it was trying to argue with him, she

accident, the doctor said my uterus sustained pretty bad injuries. It would be virtually impossible to conceive. But look, here I am, pregnant, beyond a shadow of a doubt. That to me is a miracle which gives

Lionel was brought back to reality. His

front of the car, the words she said to him in the ward and the way she reassured him in tears were unforgettable.

a critical moment in his wrangles with Rufus. He needed to

bitterly pleaded in a low voice, "Lionel, I'm not

had learned not to give a hoot about his other women. Even if he couldn't wise up and stop wasting time and money on every skirt he saw, Ivy wouldn't care. And for her patience putting up with his womanizing, he had come to love her

that for a fact and it gave her boldness to take him on.

used condoms all the time, but she had secretly

planning for all those years go up in smoke, so she

pan out well. It cut his heart that she stubbornly

any case, you can't give birth to

smile, "Lionel, I finally know you have been lying to me with all these fake promises. In the end, you are giving up your baby. I

her hands resting gently

I don't care whatever evil thoughts you have for your way of life. I'm not terminating the pregnancy, come what may. I'll have to go

living room of their

suddenly smiled at him. A

me make it clear for you, Lionel. If ever you try to hurt my baby, that will be the end

pondered over her words, Lionel's mind ran through all the time they had been together. He remembered his first meeting with Ivy. The girl had a

charming in her own special way. And as they began dating, she became

knew it, he had fallen head over heels in love with her. Among his

failed to fulfill his promise to marry her. Under the arrangement of his family, he

on Ivy's face after he told her that he was going to marry Cassandra was still etched on his memory. In anger she had wriggled free from

of death, she had never been the same again. She turned into a completely different person, shrewd and

villa. However, material satisfaction could not fill the gap between them. Lionel's marriage remained a

he snubbed Cassandra and never touched her. But as long as they didn't dissolve the marriage, Ivy still couldn't get rid

you. I always

was a ball in her court. He

waited for