A Graduation Gift

Chapter 103 A Deep Kiss

Rufus's kiss was aggressive and eager. Cassandra found herself gasping for breath.

Unable to think, she clutched his collar like a drowning person's lifeline.

Everything stood still. The stars felt as if they shone for this sole purpose. The sea kept them company and the night sky watched over them.

Rufus and Cassandra held each other as if they had the world.

They stayed like that for a long time. Then, Rufus sighed as he pulled the woman into his arms.

He lifted his head and looked at the stars. This winter didn't seem that bad.

When the design competition finally began, to Rufus's surprise, Victor reported to him that the foreign designer who claimed that Cassandra plagiarized his work was also a contender.

Rufus asked someone to keep an eye on him. Surprisingly, that designer didn't even make it through the group stage.

This only made Rufus more suspicious of him and his capabilities. If he was really talented, why would he be eliminated so early?

As for Cassandra, she eased to the final round smoothly.

The final round was open for public to see. More people could come and watch their designs.

Judges would set a theme and the designers would be given a few hours to come up with their respective entries. Then, they would be made to present their work to the panel of judges.

As Rufus sat in the audience, his eyes locked on Cassandra. He was nervous but he still looked calm as always.

He was confident that Cassandra could win the competition. And even if she lost, he knew that it would still be a great experience for her.

At last, Cassandra's work which was embellished with traditional Chinese architecture features, won the third prize. Although it was just the third prize, it was quite substantial and enough to pay off Vernon's fines.

This was also the first time that a Chinese designer managed to reach the final stage, even bagging third prize. Cassandra's talent was there for the world to see.

The awarding ceremony was grand and exciting. People clapped their hands for the winners and Rufus couldn't help smiling.

Suddenly, he noticed a familiar figure.

He found the man was Chinese and looked relatively young. He was staring at Cassandra with greed and desire in his eyes.

to Rufus's mind but he did nothing. He needed a plan.

as he knew that this man was in New York, he would catch him. He would make the man pay for what he had done. But now was not the time

ceremony ended. Smiling, Rufus greeted

beads of sweat on the sides of her face. She looked very happy

"Shall we celebrate later?"

voice, which

a big celebration but I'm scared you'll get tired

out playfully. She was very

each other enjoying

the caller ID indicated. She

was Cloris who was speaking at the other end of the phone.

home, please... Father...tried to kill himself in the detention center," she was choking up

was dumbstruck. She felt as if her whole

would he do that? Why would he

to G city, Cassandra was told that

found a box cutter somehow and cut his wrist. Luckily, one of the staff found him

a bottle of IV fluid dripped steadily

all she could do was watch him

stirred up a lot

headed straight to the hospital the moment she got off the airplane. When she saw her mother,

"Mother!"

so painful seeing someone

greeted

was a hard and

were surprised, not knowing what was going

the hell out of

her. Cassandra looked at her mother with wide eyes as tears

was then that she started to feel the pain on her face. It was

about Vernon's situation. When he heard Edith, he immediately

to do that in

Cassandra's hand out of her face. When he saw her swollen cheek, Rufus felt a pang of pain, as

time. A real estate agent went to check the house yesterday. They said you wanted to sell it. Mother was very angry and kicked

Cloris explained, indifferently.

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