A Graduation Gift

As promised, Amanda gave Ivy a job in her company. She only needed to work short hours but her salary was much higher than she could imagine.

Ivy knew very well why Amanda was giving her the job, and it was because Amanda wanted to learn more about what Rufus was up to. Consequently, Ivy was always happy to share everything she heard and saw in the Tang House, whether deliberately or unintentionally.

However, the only pieces of information Ivy had at the moment were the recent developments of Tang Group and unimportant conversations between Rufus and the Tang family, which Amanda could find out on her own too.

To her surprise, Amanda treated her even better. Aside from chatting with Ivy, she had never asked Ivy to do other things in the studio. It seemed that Amanda believed everything she said without suspicion. Ivy felt lucky and was very pleased to work with Amanda.

"Ivy, there will be a dance party in three days. All the government officials will be attending. Please do come as well with Mr. Tang," Amanda invited Ivy with a pleasant smile on her face.

Amanda seemed to be on her way out of the studio already as she was wearing her coat when she knocked on the door and invited Ivy.

On the other hand, Ivy had learned about the dance party and heard that the spokesperson for enterprises in G City would be selected during that event. This person would also be representing the tourism area of G City with Amanda.

Because she had not formally married into the Tang Family, Ivy assumed that she wasn't invited to parties like that. But, Amanda did come to ask her in person to attend so she was overwhelmed.

"I don't know whether Lionel will take me to the party. It's embarrassing but we hadn't gotten married yet..." Ivy responded technically.

She looked at Amanda for a response even before she could finish her sentence.

With an assuring smile, Amanda told her to be patient.

"I'll talk to your future father-in-law and he will talk to Mr. Tang. I think that my opinion carries an important weight to him now," Amanda promised.

She was too smart to not know what was in Ivy's mind and knew how to make Ivy satisfied.

This was a very good opportunity for Amanda. She was making sure that everyone she needed was there. The more, the better.

And Ivy was an important part of her master plan, she needed to make sure that she showed up to the party.

At the same time, Cassandra was very busy working in her office when suddenly her assistant came in carrying an invitation.

"Manager Qin, the government office sent an invitation here asking you to take part in a dance party in three days," the assistance reported eagerly.

desk but

this invitation and why they invited Cassandra. The company was

who had sent this invitation to her

grabbed the white envelope containing the invitation and hurriedly opened it. The dance party, as mentioned, was scheduled in three days. The letter was from the mayor's wife.

remembered that she played mahjong for the first time in her life with the mayor's wife, but couldn't figure out why she would ask her to the

didn't suspect anything with the invitation and decided to

thought for a while before she took her phone to call Michelle with the intention of asking

got to come here now! I just made a dress and

suppressed excitement in

wanting to share a piece of work they'd done to others. The feeling

over the phone and she went straight to Michelle's

being pushed into the fitting room. So she got changed and walked out. Michelle's face became radiant and she covered her mouth with both hands. Her eyes were on the verge

she held

vivid that they seemed more like real flowers. When people saw the dress, they felt like they could smell the fresh flowers of spring. The color was especially complimentary to Cassandra's fair skin. It looked as if she was the Goddess of Flowers herself.

that Rufus's jaw will hit the ground when he

behind Cassandra and placed both hands on

up to the roots of her hair. Compared with the vivid flowers on the dress, she was a

tell me more about him when he was little? I want to know more," Cassandra asked, switching the topic.

know lots of things which Rufus

she knew how Rufus was now. She believed that Rufus might not be ready to talk about his past experiences to anyone at the moment, even to the woman he loved. She looked into Cassandra's

when he was a little boy and would turn a deaf ear to all advice from others once he made up his

approving smile, as that was the Rufus she knew. He

House. Even when she tried her best to avoid seeing him and turning him down, he would not give up. He set

able to be together now and Cassandra felt

of him, my sister gave up the chance to study abroad because she was pregnant during that time," Michelle continued the story.

painting that Cassandra saw one time suddenly popped into her head. It was his mother and the young Rufus, both looked peaceful and happy. She could clearly see a deep connection between

everything on her shoulders, but she never asked me for help. She took on multiple jobs just to support both of them until finally, the heavy work took its toll on her body. Then she passed away after spending ten years on the

sick, Rufus had changed. He wasn't born cold. You just never know what will happen next, right?" she asked, as

guessed that his mother was still alive during that time

man was very different from that little boy from the past. Now, he always showed a cold exterior especially to