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.

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

was the most

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

Group. If

"Alright."

nodded and cast her eyes down. For a moment, a shadow seemed to pass across her face, but her bowed head concealed

the gate of Qin Group. Just as Cassandra was about to get off, Rufus's phone rang, shattering the silence that had settled between 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

jaw felt stiff at the forcefulness of the movement. It had not been long since Rufus left Amanda, and now she

or not to take the call. Before long, he reached for his phone

she managed to say between her sobs.

so loud that even Cassandra could hear it from where

the same pain that

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

crying. It must be her illness. Charlie wasn't in the city, and

Cassandra, and she had been sitting there as he spoke to Amanda on the phone. Jerking his head in Cassandra's direction, Rufus opened his

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 echo in the darkness. "I'm hurt too,

Rufus had biting coldness that he couldn't bear. Cold anger burned in her as

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