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.

month. It's impossible to make it this soon. So I will select one from my collection. This one should

symbols, with lace strips decorating the waist and the chest.

fitting room and told Cloris, "Try it out first. I will see if

happily took the gown and dashed to

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

thought about it in advance for her. Cassandra couldn't

anticipation in her eyes, she said, "Try your dress as well. Rufus gave me your measurements. Let's

Michelle my measurements? How could he reveal such private information to another

her body. 'Could he measure out my sizes with bare hands?' Suddenly she went red at

already finished

Cassandra appeared, Cloris could hardly believe her eyes.

like the ocean. It was covered with a thin voile, as if it

shiny diamonds that looked like pearls floating on the

smoothly on her fair shoulders, covered under a voile. The translucency

she needed was just one glance to judge the fitness of the dress. She commented, "It fits you well. I don't need to make any

quite happy with her dress, thinking that she had a perfect piece. However, when she saw how beautiful her

forcing sincerity, "Cassandra, this dress really suits you! You look

compliment and whispered into Cassandra's ear, "Rufus has

looked like the dress of a fairy-tale princess. The face of Rufus surfaced in her mind.

me in this fantastic dress!' she thought.

walked them out of the door. After they left, her assistant walked 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

winced for a moment and regained her

the dress," she ordered

walked away. An ironic

you jealous and envious girl... You'll soon be in great trouble,

The moment Cassandra stepped into the room, she was pushed against the door by

ears, "Are you satisfied with the special dress I ordered

face was burning. In the dark, Rufus' eyes

It's really beautiful," she

if to pretend that he didn't notice anything wrong with the her. It was his quaint way of protecting her self-esteem. But