A Graduation Gift

'Tastes good? Must've been Amanda who said it.

Amanda bought this bread for him, but he turned around and gave it to me? It's ridiculous how he thinks I know nothing about this.

Rufus, you must be wallowing in satisfaction right now as two women pine for you at the same time.

What exactly am I to you?' she thought to herself.

Her trust in him was already at the brink of collapse, but because of this, it had fallen rock bottom. 'Is there any good reason, any reason at all to stay in a relationship with a man who uses what his other lover gave him to flatter me?' she wondered, apparently in a daze.

"Rufus, we're bearking up!"

Cassandra wrestled with herself before blurting it out, hear tears like torrents streaming down her cheeks.

"What's wrong with you, again?"

Rufus's smile was gone like the wind and was replaced with a look of concern when he saw her tears. A wave of panic engulfed him.

'Why is she crying? Is it because of my tardy return?

But no matter how upset she is, she has no right to break up with me because of that small slight, ' he thought and got kind of crossed.

"I remember saying that to you before, are you just using that to get back at me?"

Rufus asked, knitting his eyebrows and studying her expression, grasping for some sort of clue that would give away her true intentions.

Cassandra only shook her head, unable to say anything.

"Tell me what happened, Cassandra. Please, please talk to me,"

Rufus pleaded. He took Cassandra's arm and held it tightly. She was wracked with sobs.

His stomach did a one-eighty. He was so physically close to her, yet their hearts and feelings were so far away from each other.

He silently wished that she would stop being so stubborn and be gentle like other women. He just couldn't bear seeing her in tears.

"I don't love you anymore. We're done,"

Cassandra cried out desperately and in one swift motion, pulled her arm out of Rufus's grip.

Once upon a time she had always imagined that she would live a happy and peaceful family life with Rufus.

But the recent events had only reminded her that she was never good enough for him. They weren't fated to be with each other.

"No!"

hissed with a snarl. He refused to believe what he had just heard. What he believed were her bitter tears, which betrayed her true feelings—she was still

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comforting Cassandra, to no avail.

her cheeks, "it's impossible for us to be together. I mean it, Rufus. I really don't love you anymore.

her tears glistened as they fell of her eyes. She then returned to

outside. She refused to open it no matter how hard he banged on

ground. She bit her hand

the

desperately, not giving

please talk to me! I'll

dread. He ached to hold her in his arms, to reassure her that everything would

said only added

I want?' she thought to herself, full of doubt. What she wanted was quite

to her, with whom she could celebrate life and love until

you really do that,

take a different direction into unknown lands. I can only feel my way into my world since it was so dark, ' her thoughts

him, drawn by his magnetism and looks.

tragedy that was their romance. How could she have been so blind? Nonetheless, his

and naive of her to believe that. She had been so

birth, nor by what others thought of her. But in Rufus's heart,

nights, Cassandra would stare up at the empty white

time after time, Rufus behaved like it was

waited and waited. She waited for his explanation, but now

suffer less and shed fewer tears for the rest of

shut her eyes, fighting back

sweetly to her, trying to soothe her weary heart. One neighbor popped his head out of the window and eyed the handsome man suspiciously.

what in the world is it

experienced

chaos into his heart. He felt his blood boiling; his heart could

might, again to no avail. He only bruised

it down if you don't open

words when Cassandra felt the door shake. He apparently charged at

to be in too much stress. Cassandra started to get flustered.

tired...I am so, so tired.

worn out by the constant crying.

him a

by the little woman's weary

rest. I'll see you