A Graduation Gift

All eyes were on Cloris, examining her.

Everyone was surprised to learn she was Cassandra's sister.

"Are you Cassandra's sister? Is she really the daughter-in-law of the Tang family? How come none of us knew it?"

The round-faced man impatiently blurted out the questions without thinking twice.

Cloris was shocked. She had never expected that Arthur would expose her. But she could not show her anger. She just smiled.

Everyone in the field knew the news about Vernon. He got the project by bribing the government officials and did a shoddy job afterwards. A John Doe exposed this affair on the Internet. Since then, he, along with the project was shamed and derided to no end.

People knew that Vernon had a daughter. But no one was aware that Cassandra was another daughter of his. What was more, Vernon's daughter had married the son of the Tangs!

"Hey! You scared her. Cassandra and she are different. Don't say bad things to her!"

Arthur reached out and wrapped his arm around Cloris in an intimate manner as if he was protecting her.

Cloris felt warm in her heart by Arthur's act, completely forgetting that it was Arthur who had first brought up this awkward topic.

"Yes. Cassandra Qin is my sister and the daughter-in-law of the Tangs. There is nothing to hide. She just prefers to stay low-profile. That's all,"

Cloris said, trying to get away from their questioning looks.

The crowd exchanged looks and moved on to talk about other topics. However, many thoughts were surging in their minds.

Arthur realized that everyone was lost in their thoughts. So he suddenly announced that he had urgent work and suggested calling it a day. After everyone left, he went out with Cloris to his car and drove her back home.

In the car on the way back, he frowned and explained to her, "I just wanted to introduce you to my friends. I didn't expect that they would talk about your sister."

He sounded quite sincere to Cloris.

"Oh...Never mind..."

Cloris was hurt and felt bitter although she herself had no idea why.

Cassandra being highly praised made her unhappy.

the apple of her parents' eye all the time. Her parents cherished her so much that they would fulfill all her wishes. She was the

and honey-lipped. Vernon liked and treasured

Cassandra who married Lionel. Rufus also seemed to have special feelings for her. Now, even Arthur's friends were speaking highly of her. Cloris was

abroad. Did you reach out to him yet? He is a teaching assistant in that university now. He can help you a lot if you

to another

you, Arthur. It's so nice of you to help me to apply for the scholarship and arrange everything for my studying abroad. I

was touched by all the things he had done

had no money and her plan to study abroad was a dream without Arthur's help.

He turned around and

I'm more than happy to help you. You need not worry about repaying me. I only want you to do well,"

said, stroking her hair.

silky. He could

hide it from

said gently, comforting

on the street. Cloris looked at

"Arthur... I..."

could finish, Arthur put a finger over her lips and whispered in her

Cloris, he used friendly words and helping hands as her family was in financial difficulties. As he

and then his hands started

she was in college, there were many boys who

lean on no matter what, a man who was a god on

out that Rufus did not have feelings for her at all. Instead, he was interested in Cassandra, who was already the wife of another man.

would never love another man again. But Arthur's

"Arthur..."

face turned red like an apple that was waiting

kiss. She missed the cunning smile on

been submitted. There won't be any problems.

Rufus. Her hatchet face had a

had too many things to take care of. The designing alone costed her several nights to complete. Fortunately, she met the deadline and delivered the draft

design department to take a few days' leave at the end of this month so

designs and looked satisfied.

but stopped on second

to say? Tell me. We are by