A Graduation Gift

"Why not pay more attention to the company's affairs instead of her?"

Rufus asked, grumpily. Cassandra's very name hit his sensitive nerve. His tone became aggressive as soon as Jasper mentioned her.

"Why? Is it true that your relationship has some problems?"

Jasper leaned forward, his eyes widening. He was amused to see Rufus act so out of his regular cold and calm way.

"What do you mean by 'some problems'? What have you heard?"

Rufus wanted to end this conversation right away but thought it was wise to face it, sooner or later these questions were bound to come up. Plus, he was aware Jasper had his tongue in his cheek.

"Isn't it all over the news? People are saying someone has stepped out and claimed he is dating Cassandra now and it is her who stole Lyndsy's boyfriend. Haven't you read about it? It's all over the internet!"

Jasper said in surprise. He had assumed Rufus might already have heard about it.

"No. I never pay attention to this kind of gossip,"

Rufus answered flatly, his eye brows knitting. Yet, he was surprised by whatever Jasper had just said.

"You know the man. That guy we met at the private club the other day? A Mr. Tong, does it ring a bell? He made an announcement to a big crowd of reporters that Cassandra is his girlfriend!"

Jasper explained hurriedly, while checking his phone for the article. He found it pretty easily and presented it to Rufus. Rufus's face turned cold just after casting a single glance at it.

he remembered how Cassandra clung to Dylon's arm

later the night. What was more, she was even with him in A City for the

I don't understand why your aunt likes her so much. The more I find out about Cassandra, the more convinced I am of her being a loose and easy woman," Jasper

with another man while being with you? And not just that! They're so shameless they even made it public in such

and on, without

about it. I don't want to hear

he was stabbed in an already existing wound; only this time it went deeper into his soul. He just

stern

lose his calmness and give in to his emotions, but

of the Dark Night Group have been attacked by some unknown forces this time. So I don't think that there is any business competition involved. Honestly, it

he was back to talking about work

to investigate into the matter but nothing has surfaced yet,"

replied. He, too, had put his mind

in the past were seemingly ordinary yet they had

competition, they were likely to be squeezed out of the market by their own peers because of all the dirty tricks they were using. In the end, they would have to sacrifice their own reputation and market shares. Whoever was behind all this didn't seem to care about the results at all, because they kept doing things which weren't particularly good to anyone but just

were trying to harm other companies at the cost of

that even the Dark Night Group couldn't find out the source of this nuisance, it could be said that the enemies hiding in the shadows were not just cautious but also

and are intending to reach

thinking out loud. He kept trying to thread things together and this

it isn't

in the back was always hard to foresee and much less, to avoid. And that was what they were most susceptible to