A Graduation Gift

The clock that hung on the wall of the hospital room tickled 7 o' clock, and it was a cold evening. The spring rain kept falling outside while Cassandra was busy with peeling an apple for Rufus. Enticed by the look of the fresh fruits, she added some oranges and bananas, placed them on a plate and handed it to Rufus.

"Can you help me eat these fruits?"

Rufus popped out a request as he lovingly looked at her.

Hesitant at first, Cassandra opened her mouth to refuse but was held silent on second thought. After all, he was a patient and she should take care of him. Carefully, she cut the fruits into smaller pieces with her fruit knife, picked a small piece and lifted it gently to his mouth.

"No, I want you to feed me using your mouth!" Rufus blurted a silly request and refused to take the apple on the toothpick.

With an intimidating expression in his eyes, Rufus smiled a little and looked at Cassandra.

"Alright, I bet you don't want to eat any fruit for now!"

With a heavy hand, Cassandra put the fruit plate on the table and decided not to bear with him again. The more she yearned to him, the eager he was in teasing her.

'What a greedy man you are, Rufus, ' Cassandra cursed silently.

Seeing that she was pissed off, Rufus reached out for her hands to give her a hug. But Cassandra was so annoyed that she didn't want any body contact with him. She struggled with all her might to free herself from Rufus's grasp. When all of a sudden, Rufus let out an alarming gasp, "Ouch! My leg!"

Showing a miserable expression on his face, Rufus knitted his eyebrows and puckered his lips. Cassandra relaxed her body and stopped struggling in his arms. She held her breath because she was so nervous at what might cause the pain in Rufus.

Rufus chuckled silently and heaved a sigh of content. Realizing that he was joking with her, Cassandra stared at him with eyes in a huff.

"Why are you staring at me that way, my little frog?"

Feeling silly like a child, Rufus lifted the corner of his mouth and cracked a charming smile at her. He was trying to calm her down using his charm. But for Cassandra, his efforts were futile and his words still sounded ironic.

"Hmm, to see where you can go, big fly!" Cassandra contradicted immediately.

Still annoyed by his prank, Cassandra kept fixing her stony stare at Rufus, blaming him for his unreasonableness and unusual behavior. She stayed with him almost twenty-four hours a day; because of his injuries, Cassandra couldn't leave him alone and had to do everything he asked her to do.

These past few days, she was always late to work in the morning and left her office early in the afternoon. With her performance, she believed that her image of being an excellent boss had been ruined. Despite all these, she didn't regret a thing, because Rufus was more important than anything else.

"Well, the big fly wants meat…"

Carelessly, Rufus never minded what she said. He gazed at her bare neck and ran his eyes down her chest.

"No way!" Cassandra shouted straightaway.

as she put her hands around her neck hurriedly and glared at him

ridiculous of him to run his eyes like that when he was

fight, however, was disturbed when they heard a knock on the door. Cassandra jumped out of his arms in a shock and straightened

lay comfortably on

in," he shouted towards the

back, he lifted his head a little to have

his usual poker face and walked directly to Rufus, not minding Cassandra as if she was

to be in the bag. The worst was that the Dawn Star Group got them all. The entire board of directors was shaken and they're waiting for you to take

was reporting to Rufus, there was

in the business, Rufus was not surprised by this news—he had foreseen

reminded them that the Dawn Star Group would make some big movements and that they needed to get ready, but it seems

to the company, Rufus raised his eyebrow and spoke with an

more dead than alive under his management while the Dawn Star Group had grown up bigger and stronger. Arthur needed to establish his own credibility by suppressing the development of the Tang Group. However, Lionel himself had not realized it and didn't take

suggestion to the board, Mr.

Victor

to

his words, Cassandra interrupted him and strongly objected his decision.

and you need at least a month

the plaster cast on his leg worriedly, she glanced at him unpleasantly

take

her eyes as if telling her to relax and then

if Lionel will be there tomorrow as well, and I want him to explain why things have gone out of control these

on the

you feel I smell awful

his underarm. He couldn't have a bath since he broke his leg in the accident. Although Cassandra wiped him with warm towers every day, it was a

with me and I didn't smell anything except

at him and paid no attention to the implication in his words. She was annoyed that he didn't

Rufus asked was somewhat reluctant; if only he could manage to walk, he would be clean and fresh all by himself. However, the

me

pretended not to see the expression on her face and finally spoke out his request. Then with his dark and

She had never expected that he

polite to let the directors sit in with the smell. Please

after realizing that his

the bathroom and turned around to face the door. The next moment, she was curious why he was standing there

start showering?"