A Graduation Gift

Rufus crouched on the sofa the whole night. Early the next morning, he bathed his face with cold water and then was ready to head for the company. He was surprised, however, when he turned around to leave. Amanda got up from her bed and stood at the door of the restroom.

"Are you leaving, Rufus?"

pretending to be so meek and innocent, Amanda asked Rufus, her beautiful eyes looking at him and her lips puckering slightly.

"I'm going to work,"

Rufus wiped the water dry on his face and answered briefly.

"Will you come back here and accompany me after work? Please!"

With frowned eyebrows and expectant eyes, Amanda crossed her fingers and put her hands by the chest, praying.

Hesitant for a while, Rufus finally nodded to agree.

Seeing his gesture of showing agreement, Amanda smiled immediately. Her face was like flowers blossoming in the live spring, beautiful and sweet.

Unexpectedly, she tiptoed to leave a soft kiss on Rufus's face and then turned around, ran to her bed, and covered her whole body with the quilt shyly.

Astonished, Rufus was stunned by her act. He remembered that this happened once in the past.

when Rufus was trained in the Dark Night Group. One day when Amanda was sick and stayed at home, Rufus

Amanda kissed him so unexpectedly and then covered herself with the quilt. He was annoyed because she 'attacked' him

remember how Amanda was like that time. However, everything changed. Now, she was no longer the innocent girl and he didn't love her anymore. Rufus sighed with a heavy heart. He shook his head to stop himself from thinking about the past and then walked out of the

up. With careful hands, she picked up the pinhole camera in the fruit basket by the bedside table.

now was well recorded by the camera, the picture of how she and Rufus behaved intimately.

wearing a white

"Doctor, is everything done?"

her head a bit, Amanda asked and looked at the doctor

sample with the one from a real patient.

doctor's face was pale. He was obviously nervous facing Amanda. He was constantly rubbing his hands together in front of

half of the money to your wife's account when

her hand, indicating that he should leave. After the doctor was gone, a strange smile appeared on

indeed a perfect man. I don't want to

plan to fake her illness in order to make Rufus attend to her for a longer time. What would Cassandra feel if her boyfriend always stayed with another woman? Amanda was sure that an independent woman like Cassandra would never

would do whatever to win Rufus's love.

another thing she must do now. She had to find herself someone strong to protect her from that mischievous man. He was such an evil and insidious man, and Amanda could sense his scent lingering. She knew that he was just at

back home, Cassandra stared at her phone for a long time, hesitating whether she should make a call to

since he was gone last night. Cassandra felt as if a stone was pressing upon her heart. She was restless and