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.

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

like that when he was

door. Cassandra jumped out of his arms in a

on the bed and didn't move a bit.

in," he shouted towards the

lifted his head a little to

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

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

was emotionless when he was reporting to Rufus, there was an air of disdain

Rufus was not surprised by this news—he had foreseen it

that the Dawn Star Group would make some big movements and that

things he expected did happen to the company, Rufus raised his eyebrow and spoke with an

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

the board, Mr. Luo?" Victor

as he naturally was, Victor looked

to wait for me. I'll go to the company tomorrow

interrupted him

even walk normally and you need at least

she glanced at him unpleasantly and gave him an

I can manage it. Please take it easy and I

her eyes as if telling her to relax and then turned to

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

room without any more words. Rufus loosened up on the bed after Victor disappeared from the door and shut

don't you feel I smell awful

his leg in the accident. Although

okay with me and I didn't smell anything except

no attention to the implication in his words.

walk, he would be clean and fresh all by himself.

you help me

on her face and finally spoke out his request. Then with his dark and mysterious eyes,

knowing how to respond, Cassandra blushed as red as a cherry immediately. She had never expected

it's not polite to let the directors sit in with the smell. Please

what she should do, after realizing that his request left her blank

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

you start showering?" she asked.