A Graduation Gift

Chapter 242 Hatred And Desire (Part Three)

In his office, Rufus found himself agitated. Every now and then, his eyes would flit to his phone, waiting for a reply from Cassandra. But whenever his screen would light up, it was with someone else's name.

It seemed that she had made up her mind to ignore him. He heard that she didn't return to the Garden Villa and stayed in her rented apartment in these past few days.

Why was she acting this way? Was it still because he went to take care of the sick Amanda?

Cassandra worked overtime. As she stepped out of the office building, the familiar Phantom came into view.

She had purposefully stayed in her office for as long as she could, but she knew she could hide no longer. Knowing that Rufus came for an explanation, she composed herself and then walked on unhurriedly.

However, the moment she saw Rufus's figure leaning against the car from far away, she felt herself crumbling.

His eyes zeroed in on her from afar.

She was wearing tight clothes that hugged her figure. A cool breeze blew and fluttered her skirt, exposing her slender legs.

Cassandra stood there, hesitating in her tracks, and so Rufus straightened up and closed the distance between them.

"What are you thinking?"

he asked when he was standing right in front of her. Cassandra wore an unreadable expression on her face.

He took in the sight of her and wanted to sigh at the relief. A few days seemed so long when he did not see her.

"Nothing,"

she replied stiffly.

for a moment before speaking again, "Come on. I'll take

her shoulder, but she shook free from his grasp.

his side. He couldn't understand why she was being so

back to my apartment.

not even

you here tomorrow morning,"

his irritation bubbling up. He had already been trying to appease her, but all she gave him back was rejection. His pride

him off. "I

bristled at her

seen how hard I worked for you? You don't

partner. He had spent the past few days on his knees, trying to please

she was a competitive, stubborn woman. It was part of what drew him to her, and he had arranged everything carefully, so that she didn't have to

asked someone else to send her a priceless dress, because he

care about her being a divorced woman. He never mentioned the tit-for-tat confrontation between Lionel and him, and Horace's opposition to their relationship, to safeguard

with the hopes of improving her image and smoothing out the

all this for nothing in her

I never asked for them. You decided them yourself, just as how

those things, and she knew in her heart how far they were from the truth. She knew they would hurt him, but she was left with no

this was. She loved him

said he loved her, but he

really was

that I forced you to stay? Listen to yourself, Cassandra. For god's sake, is that really what you have to

couldn't believe his ears. He never thought he would be hearing those words from Cassandra. Every word came to him like a blow, and he felt as if he was being pummeled to the ground with

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