A Graduation Gift

The exquisite gown was sure to catch everyone's attention. Cassandra was as calm as ever, looking at the mirror. Her beauty was breathtaking.

She politely nodded her head to the designer.

"Michelle, thank you so much. May I get my tailored dress?"

Michelle nodded in acknowledgment. She pointed to one of the inner rooms proudly.

"It's there in that room. Try it out and see."

Then she looked at Cloris, mildly curious.

"You are... ?"

Cassandra was about to introduce her sister to Michelle, but before she had a chance, Cloris extended her hand and introduced herself, "Nice to meet you, Michelle. My name is Cloris. I am the younger sister of Cassandra!"

To her surprise, Michelle didn't shake her hand. She just nodded, acknowledging Cloris in a half-hearted manner.

Cloris pulled her hand back in embarrassment. She was dreaming of connecting with this famous designer but got a flat-out rejection. She couldn't believe it, having been the center of attention all her life.

Cassandra had heard about how proud Michelle was. Now she had witnessed it in person. This side of Michelle was really unique from other people.

'If Rufus hadn't asked the favor from Michelle to customize my dress, I might have not even been able to see her.

But... How did Rufus get to know about Michelle?' Cassandra wondered.

Pulling herself back from the reverie, she spoke to break the awkward silence, "Cloris had heard about you a long time ago. She is an admirer of you! I have brought her to ask a favor from you. Could you help her select a gown to the wine party next week?"

Cassandra glanced at the luxuriant dresses hanging in the room, beaming with adoration.

"It is an honor to have the opportunity to wear a dress designed by you," she added.

Michelle looked at Cassandra from head to toe, then at Cloris, paused for a short while, and turned to retrieve a dress.

to make it this soon. So I

was full of Chinese symbols, with lace strips decorating the waist and

it out first.

gown and dashed to the

in a conundrum. 'If customizing a dress takes one month, does that mean the dress specially tailored for me was ordered at least a month

advance for her. Cassandra couldn't help feeling moved.

at the room she first gestured to Cassandra. With anticipation in her eyes, she said, "Try

'Did Rufus give Michelle my measurements? How could he reveal

bare hands?' Suddenly she went red at the

already finished dressing and was checking how

could hardly believe her eyes.

was covered with a thin voile,

with shiny diamonds that looked like pearls floating on the ocean. a sight that only

shoulders, covered under a voile. The translucency of the

to judge the fitness of the dress. She commented, "It

when she saw how beautiful her older sister looked, her confidence vanished, and envy

her jealousy with a feigned smile, she praised Cassandra, forcing sincerity, "Cassandra, this dress really suits you! You look so

whispered into

dress of a fairy-tale princess. The face

be anxious to see me in

briskly towards Michelle and whispered into her ear, "Just now, before they left, I saw Cloris intentionally stepping on the tail of Cassandra's dress. I noticed that there was a

moment

the dress," she ordered coolly.

An ironic smile crept on Michelle's

soon be in great trouble, ' Michelle warned Cloris

went back to their own rooms. The moment Cassandra stepped into the room, she was pushed against the door

familiar raspy and sexy voice whispered to her ears, "Are you satisfied with the special

the dark, Rufus' eyes

really beautiful," she stuttered.

wrong with the her. It was his quaint way of protecting her self-esteem. But she was still blushing