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.

arm intimately and how closely they sat together at

in that man's apartment later the night. What was more, she was even

Cassandra, the more convinced I am of her being a loose and easy woman," Jasper

while being with you? And not just that! They're so shameless

without noticing the

don't want to hear her name

deeply. It was like he was stabbed in an already existing wound; only this time it went deeper into

Jasper noticed Rufus's stern face and shut

this. It was rare for Rufus to lose his calmness and give in to his emotions, but it looked like love had made him too

by some unknown forces this time. So I don't think that there is any business competition involved. Honestly, it looks like

stroking his chin to denote thoughtfulness. One could see he was back to talking about work in all seriousness,

some people to investigate into

too, had put his mind back on

to have attacked the Dark Night Group in the past 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

to be well funded, for they were trying to harm other companies at the

nuisance, it could be said that the enemies hiding in the shadows were not just

the Dark Night Group down, and are intending to reach that point by attacking its member

He kept trying to thread things together and this seemed like their only possible

mean it isn't

asked, his skin almost changing colors. Above everything else, a stab in the back was always hard to foresee and much less, to avoid. And