A Graduation Gift

But Cassandra thought otherwise. For a man that only saw her as a childbearing body, marriage was nothing but a tool!

'This is ridiculous. I can not believe it but I am still in love with him at this moment! I'm such a cheap and worthless person...' she was mad at herself.

Having a child with Rufus was supposed to send happy thoughts through her head.

Still, it saddened her that her child, though could be materially satisfied by Rufus, wouldn't grow up in a whole family.

"Rufus, what is the problem? You gave your condition and I accepted it," Cassandra asked.

There was finally a smile on her face at this moment but it was not the kind that he expected. It pained him to see this kind of smile.

"Nothing bad, okay. We can observe it from now on," he replied.

Rufus wasn't sure of when he started to find it difficult to compose himself around Cassandra. When she implied that she was willing to sacrifice a year of her life just to get rid of him, rage started to burn inside him.

He was tired of being a gentleman. He reached over, clasped her waist and hoisted her up on the table.

Rufus noticed her tenseness. Suddenly he heaved a sigh and tightened his hug.

"Not today! Tomorrow, you will not go back to your apartment after work. I will arrange a driver to pick you up so you don't have to feel guilty for using the company vehicle for personal needs," he said.

Rufus knew how she thought. She did her best not to use the company vehicles for private purposes.

In regular times, Cassandra would refuse. But in today's situation, she had no say in the decision.

Rufus held her in his arms and put her into the tub before he turned on the warm water. He said nothing as he washed her.

Cassandra was worried that he would take advantage of her again but to her surprise, he just bathed her with great care and no trace of violence.

She wondered whether he had been stung by his guilty conscience and thought he might have regretted what he had done.

Rufus but as soon as she opened her mouth, it closed the

smile. He teased, "Don't take this wrong way. I know that today is not your ovulation date. I wouldn't bother to waste my

water was poured all over her. Sure enough, he wanted nothing but a child. Rufus had lived with her for a long time,

how much he loves himself!' she snorted

put on the bed and covered with a quilt. She drifted into sleep right

was so

bed, looking

her arched eyebrows and delicate nose for his viewing.

eyelashes fell on the dark circles under her eyes that made her look

it pissed him off, for now at least, she would have

later she might have a chance to leave him but during the year, he would use other means

piss me off,

her face, his eyes were alight with ease and joy as some

slammed the laptop before her. Thinking about Jill's remarks from the night before filled her

another child now. You'd better have a child when you are young because a young

and sincerity emanated from her and Ivy just smiled and

still hadn't given her a legitimate identity. Horace and Jill remained silent despite the fact that she

schemes but this now wasn't what

her. He didn't touch her despite the fact that they slept in the same bed.

obsessed with her body but now he was

that Lionel found something out or was

her with respect in the presence of his parents, there were times when she was utterly ignored by him.

was not able to take his eyes off her. He looked at her with as much intensity, if not more,

to not break the superficial harmony since she couldn't bear to think what would happen to her if she dared to confront him.

chitchat pulled Ivy from her reverie.

is fortune teller who can tell you about when exactly

believe in science. Measuring body temperature daily and using the ovulation test

I know have asked for her advice and are all pregnant now," the first woman said with amazement.