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.

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

Vernon liked and treasured her far more

also seemed to have special feelings for her. Now, even Arthur's friends were speaking highly of her. Cloris was burning with jealousy.

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

to another topic,

the scholarship and arrange everything for my studying abroad.

all the things he had done for

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

the side and stopped the car. He turned around and looked at Cloris with a

you. You need not worry about repaying me. I only want you

stroking

lush and silky. He could detect a flowery smell.

need to hide it from me. That doesn't change anything

gently, comforting her.

Cloris looked at Arthur with loving eyes. Her thick and long lashes

"Arthur... I..."

finger over her lips and whispered in her

used friendly words and helping hands as her

finger, and then his hands started caressing her body, pulling her

a pretty woman. When she was in college,

who she could lean on

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

never love another man again.

"Arthur..."

red like an apple that

closed her eyes to enjoy his kiss. She missed the

has already been submitted. There won't be any problems. I think. Mr. Tong was quite

progress to Rufus. Her hatchet face had a

care of. The designing alone costed her several nights to complete. Fortunately, she met the

of the amusement park. Get ready for that, please. I'll allow the design department to take a few days' leave at the end of

the designs and

to speak but stopped on second thoughts.

want to say? Tell me. We are by ourselves here,"