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.

how Cassandra clung to Dylon's arm intimately and how closely they sat together at the

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

much. The more I find out about Cassandra,

with you? And not just that! They're so shameless they even made it

going on and on, without noticing

want to

hit him deeply. It was like he was stabbed in an already existing wound; only this time it

Rufus's stern

and give in to his emotions, but it looked like love had made him too mellow, and too

then...about work...From?what?we?know, all the companies and corporations 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 looks like someone is

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

investigate into the

too, had put his mind back on

strangest thing about this matter was that all the companies known to have attacked the Dark Night Group in the past were seemingly ordinary yet they had the resources to

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

they seemed to be well funded, for they were trying to harm other

couldn't find out the source of this nuisance, it could be said that the enemies hiding in the shadows were not

down, and are

things together and this seemed like their only possible

mean it isn't over

hard to foresee and much less, to avoid. And that was what they were most susceptible to do