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.

in silence, but he knew she had already made up her mind. He pressed her

family was the most

gets too late when you finish, don't go back to

was very close to Qin Group. If she stayed there, Rufus could feel more

"Alright."

moment, a shadow seemed to pass across her face, but her bowed

to a stop at the gate of Qin Group. Just as Cassandra was about to get

the screen. She winced at the flashes, as if her eyes were stung by something that

of the movement. It had not

call. Before long, he

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

was so loud that even Cassandra could hear

same pain that

still at the hotel? Stay put. I'll be right

voice cracked from crying. It must be her illness. Charlie wasn't in the city, and he didn't have it in him to let her be by herself. She had

with Cassandra, and she had been sitting there as he spoke to Amanda on

you know," she laughs, an empty echo in the darkness. "I'm hurt too, but you don't even know

Rufus had biting coldness that he couldn't bear. Cold anger

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