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.

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

he was still lying on the sickbed because of his broken

on the door. Cassandra jumped out of his arms

lay comfortably on

in," he shouted towards

little to have a clear view

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

bag. The worst was that the Dawn Star Group got

reporting to Rufus, there was an

surprised by this news—he

big movements and that they needed to get ready, but it seems that

happen to the company, Rufus raised

lacked strategy. The Tang Group was more dead than alive under his management while the Dawn Star Group had grown up bigger and stronger. Arthur needed to establish

you have any suggestion to the board, Mr. Luo?" Victor asked firmly.

stiff and emotionless as he naturally was, Victor looked

to the company tomorrow and have a

Rufus finished his words, Cassandra interrupted him

won't. You can't even walk normally and you need at least

at the plaster cast on his leg worriedly, she glanced at him unpleasantly and gave him an alarming

I can manage it. Please take it easy and I will be

her eyes as if telling her to relax

if Lionel will be there tomorrow as well, and I want him to

any more words. Rufus loosened up on the bed after Victor disappeared from the door and shut off the business from his mind.

feel I smell awful

coyly and sniffed at his underarm. He couldn't have a bath since he broke his leg in the accident. Although Cassandra wiped him with warm towers

think so. It's okay with me and I didn't smell anything

the implication in his words. She was annoyed that he didn't take his own injury to

he could manage to walk, he would be clean and fresh all by himself. However, the injury left him

help me to

spoke out his request. Then with his dark and mysterious eyes, he fixed his stare on her

immediately. She had never expected that he would ask her to help him to a

to let the directors sit in with the smell. Please put some

do, after realizing that

leg, Cassandra helped him to the bathroom and turned around to face the door. The next moment, she was curious why he was standing there with one foot and

don't you start showering?" she