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.

silence, but he knew she had already

her, family was the most

back. If it gets too late when you finish, don't go back to the villa. Go to

very close to Qin Group. If she

"Alright."

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

get off, Rufus's phone rang, shattering the silence that had settled between the two during the

a quick glace at his phone—Amanda's name flashed on the screen. She winced at the flashes, as if her eyes were stung by something that was too bright and

movement. It had not been long since Rufus left Amanda, and

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

stings all over," she managed to say between her sobs. "Could you please come over and take me to

was so loud that even Cassandra could

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

you still at the hotel? Stay put. I'll

her pleas, her voice cracked from crying. It must be her illness. Charlie wasn't in the city, and he

the corner of his 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

who scaled the tense quietness. "Rufus, is Amanda hurt? Where does she hurt?" she asked him. "It seems that you understand her perfectly. It's funny you know," she laughs, an empty

face was calm, 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

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