A Graduation Gift

At this point, she could no longer pretend she wasn't bothered by Rufus's indifference. The anger that had accumulated over the past few weeks broke out. She felt like she was better than Cassandra in every possible way and made a more suitable match for Rufus. Yet, Rufus kept ignoring her!

"Amanda, consider this a warning. Do not speak badly about Cassandra in front of me. This is the last time I'm telling you this."

At last, the remaining bits of patience for the daughter of his respected mentor got drained. His face was grim. Darkness arose from his eagle-like eyes, piercing through her.

Rufus firmly believed he knew Cassandra better than anyone else. Her marriage with Lionel was widely misunderstood. The clients she had were also not due to his reference. Whatever she had reaped was the result of her own efforts. How could Amanda disregard all her hard work without knowing anything about her?

"I will speak! Cassandra is nothing but a slut abandoned by her husband. Only you would treasure such a filthy woman!"

Amanda lost all her manners in front of someone like Rufus whom she knew from head to toe. She acted like no less than a kid, shouting out those careless words.

Rufus's jaw clenched; his eyes widened as a dark look came on his face.

"Enough! Don't ever show me your face again!" Rufus roared.

of cold metal.

away from the door. She couldn't even balance herself and almost fell to the ground but Rufus didn't even look at her. Without waiting another second,

around her seemed to gnaw at her wounded heart

of all the times she brought lunch for him, which always ended up

to feign a composed look as she walked along the corridor outside his office, such that all the employees would think of her as

too much for her

gracefully, her eyes squinted cunningly. 'Rufus, I really don't think this is the end. You cannot behave so heartlessly with me, ' the voice in her

bedroom. Ivy, who waited for him on the bed, only glanced at

idea. Horace eventually got enraged and slammed the table shouting in fury, "Lionel! Don't forget you are going to

kept his eyes fixed on Lionel's face. Jill constantly fretted about Horace's asthma, afraid it would be triggered again. She went up to him

the past, you wanted to bring Ivy with you to all the parties. What's the problem now? Plus, Ivy is so sociable. She can definitely help you interact with more people and

used to frame Cassandra with an obscene video footage of him and Ivy. Despite that embarrassment, he still wouldn't let Ivy go. Now, his attitude towards her seemed to have changed over night. Where did the enthusiasm go