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.

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

liked and treasured her far more than

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

contact information of my friend abroad. Did you reach out to him yet? He is a

switched to another topic, smiling.

help me to apply for the scholarship and arrange everything for my studying abroad. I really

was touched by all the things he had

no money and her plan to study

car. He turned around and looked at Cloris with a deep, caring look.

thank me. I'm more than happy to help you. You need

stroking her

hair was lush and silky. He could detect a

hide it from me. That doesn't

said gently,

cold night. There was not a soul on the street. Cloris looked at Arthur with loving eyes. Her thick and long lashes

"Arthur... I..."

over her lips and whispered in her ear, "No more

was skillful in seducing women. With Cloris, he used friendly words and helping hands as her family was in financial difficulties. As he had expected, it was

traced her lips with his finger, and then his hands started caressing her

was in college, there were many boys who pursued her.

brave man who she could lean on no matter what, a man who was

out that Rufus did not have feelings for her at all.

would never love another man again. But Arthur's touch felt so loving and caring.

"Arthur..."

turned red like an apple

She missed

been submitted. There won't be any problems. I think. Mr.

reporting progress to Rufus. Her hatchet face had a relieved look.

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

to take a few days' leave at the end of

went through the designs and looked

speak but stopped on second thoughts.

say? Tell me. We are by