A Graduation Gift

After Cassandra left his office, Rufus called Victor through the company phone.

"Victor, collect handwriting samples of all our employees and send the files to Manager Qin. Remember, Joel's handwriting is to be placed at an easily noticeable place,"

Rufus instructed.

"Yes, Mr. Luo. I'll do it now," Victor replied.

Just as he was on his way to the archives room, he came across Stella who was scuttling her way as fast as her high-heels could take her.

With a worried look, she said hurriedly, "Victor! Is Mr. Luo here?"

She gasped for air as she spoke. Clearly she had dashed her way here.

"Yes… In his office…" Victor stuttered.

He was originally excited that Stella called his name, but as it turned out, she was only looking for Rufus. Immediately, she got the answer and quickly walked away. She did not even stay to hear the last three words.

Embarrassed, Victor rubbed the back of his head. He actually planned to smile at Stella but did not manage to go through with it.

'Oh well. Next time, I have to remember to smile first, ' he told himself.

Stella instantly knocked on the door the moment she arrived at the CEO's office. Before anyone answered, she took the time to catch her breath after her exhausting travel. By the time Rufus asked her to come in, a courteous smile was plastered on her face.

"Mr. Luo, I just received an invitation from a magazine. They requested to have an interview with Manager Qin. Now she is out of the office and her role is suspended, so I have come to to ask you what we are going to do with this invitation," Stella inquired.

She worked hard to keep her composure, and her heart trembled with excitement.

The thought that a world-renowned magazine wanted to interview Cassandra was a very thrilling prospect!

As Cassandra's closest friend, Stella was overjoyed when she received the invite on Cassandra's behalf. She almost accepted it for her, but it was not her place. So, she had to give them her prescribed spiel that she would relay their invite to management and Cassandra, and get back to them shortly. After hanging up, she immediately did her best to sprint towards Rufus's office.

"A magazine interview? Is it because she won in the architectural design competition in the US?" Rufus inquired.

As a stark contrast to Stella's exhilaration, Rufus seemed calm and still. His face gave away no emotion.

"Yes. They told me that they think Manager Qin is a designer with huge potential. That's the reason they want to interview her. In my opinion, this is a great opportunity for Manager Qin and additional publicity for the Tang Group as well," Stella shared.

She had no idea what Rufus was thinking at that moment, but she could not help expressing her thoughts in hopes of convincing Rufus to approve.

the theater of G City. You will go there with Victor. I have

thinking for a few seconds, seemingly ignoring her initial concern.

"What? Concert?"

he suddenly make her and Victor go to the concert together? Did

go to a concert with such an awkward person? She found him clumsy and boring. How would she have fun at a concert with a guy

eight. Get yourself prepared,"

that there was no room for

"And about the interview…"

of topic, Stella was determined to

talk to the representative of the magazine tonight. Don't worry

he closed the discussion

conversation ended, Stella secretly stuck her tongue out at him when he looked down at his papers. She realized that Rufus

go back to work now, Mr.

'What happened? Mr. Luo was so weird. He completely ignored everything I said and just changed the topic into going to a concert with Victor. Where did that come from? I don't get

people from the magazine tonight. Who is he going to talk to? I didn't even give him the contact. Does he know who the manager of

as she was pondering over how would Rufus contact the representatives of the magazine, she started wondering again why she had to go to a

to wear nicer clothes or can I

so frustrated!' She scratched her head as she tried to come up

reflections of all the employees sent by Victor. Everyone was tasked to write a 500-word essay which was enough to

deep breath, she opened the file and started with the

second, no; third, not even close;

widened

as

steadily up and to the section on personal particulars. Clearly written at the top of the page was—Joel.

looked friendly and easy-going. He did not look suspicious at first glance, but it was he who drugged her coffee and almost ruined her

as she held the piece of paper. Joel had been gone for a long time. She thought that she was

knew where I put my design draft, ' she thought. Imagining how he possibly stalked her sent shivers down Cassandra's spine.

Joel was gone missing. The first time he crossed them, she and Rufus decided to let it pass, thinking that he was never to be seen again. Instead, he came back wreaking havoc. She

don't even know what to

voice pulled Cassandra out of her musings. Stella came in frustrated and was surprised to see Cassandra distracted. It was a

you? You don't look good. Are you

her hand to feel Cassandra's forehead. She knew that her friend had been hospitalized several times because of fever,

was chilling sweat. This was

at this,"