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

the

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

Group. If she stayed there, Rufus could feel more at ease.

"Alright."

and cast her eyes down. For a moment, a shadow seemed to

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

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

forcefulness of the movement. It had not been long since Rufus left

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

end of the line. "Rufus, my body stings all over," she managed to say between her sobs. "Could you

was so loud that even Cassandra could hear it from where

so she is in pain? Is it the same pain that I

the hotel? Stay put. I'll be right

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 in him to

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

"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, but you don't even know anything. You have no

Cold anger burned in her as she threw the words to him, each one punctuated with unspoken doubts and

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