A Graduation Gift

Chapter 240 Hatred And Desire (Part One)

"It's late. There is no need to rush into finishing the job. It can wait until tomorrow,"

Rufus spoke softly, coaxing Cassandra into giving up her idea. The bitterness in her smile escaped him.

"Creative work needs inspiration, and an idea has just struck me. If I stop now, I might lose my momentum. It'll be too late tomorrow,"

Cassandra argued. She did not want to stay with him longer than necessary.

The more she stayed with Rufus, the more difficult it got to rein her emotions. The air around them was becoming stifling even as she spoke, and all she wanted right now was a moment's peace from the turbulence inside her.

"Fine. I'll give you a ride,"

Rufus conceded, nodding his head thoughtfully to show understanding.

"Don't bother," Cassandra answered back, a little too quickly. Rufus noticed it as well. His head shot up at her response. "Your leg is fine now, and there is no need for me to take care of you. Go back to the Tang mansion tonight. You haven't met your family for a long time," Cassandra continued, stubbornly refusing his offer.

She looked at Rufus with a steady gaze, her face impossible to read.

Rufus gave her a long look in return.

'Family?' he scoffed inwardly at the word. 'The Tang family never regarded me as one of them.' When his leg got hurt, Lionel made changes to the dinner party without consulting him. He knew what Lionel was doing when he deliberately let Amanda play the piano at the finale. Clearly, every step he took was to derail Rufus's plans.

looked at him in silence, but he knew she had already made up

her, family was the most important

your company and then go back. If it gets too late when

Qin Group. If

"Alright."

down. For a moment, a shadow seemed to pass across her

Group. Just as Cassandra was about to get off, Rufus's phone rang, shattering the silence that

winced at the flashes, as if her eyes were stung by something that was

stiff at the forcefulness of the movement. It

if pondering whether or not to take the call. Before long, he reached for his phone and answered, pressing it

"Rufus, my body stings all over," she managed

Cassandra could hear it from

pain? Is it the same pain that I feel?' she though to

at the hotel? Stay put. I'll be

to calm Amanda down. His ears rang with her pleas, her voice cracked from crying. It must be her illness. Charlie wasn't in the city, and he didn't have it

eye brought his attention back to his immediate surroundings, and it was only then that the situation sunk in. He was in the car, with Cassandra, and she had been sitting there as he spoke to Amanda on the phone. Jerking his head in Cassandra's direction, Rufus opened

does she hurt?" she asked him. "It seems that you understand her perfectly. It's funny you know," she laughs, an empty echo in the darkness. "I'm hurt too, but you don't

but the eyes that stared at Rufus had biting coldness that he couldn't bear. Cold anger burned in her as she threw the words to him, each

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