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.

be made of cold metal. Amanda

turned violently angry toward her. Using some strength, he shoved her away from the door. She couldn't even balance herself and almost fell

gnaw at her wounded heart as she composed herself and stomped out

her. She thought of all the times she brought lunch for him, which always ended up untouched. Still, she kept an affectionate smile whenever she came and left. Rufus never even bothered to thank her or look at her.

herself to feign a composed look as she walked along the corridor outside his office, such that all the

much

really don't think this is the

Lionel reached home, drunk again, stumbling on his way into his bedroom. Ivy, who waited for him on the bed, only glanced at him briefly, with no

dancing partner. Lionel threw one excuse after another to reject the idea. Horace eventually got enraged and slammed the table shouting in fury, "Lionel! Don't forget you are going to represent Tang Group in this party. You will bring along whoever I

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 and patted his chest to

Ivy with you to all the parties. What's the problem now? Plus, Ivy is so sociable. She can

Ivy to the celebration banquet where someone purposely replaced the video they used to frame Cassandra with an obscene video footage of him