A Graduation Gift

Both Jill's and Lionel's hearts sank when they saw Cassandra.

Still, Jill managed to collect herself. With a condescending look, she snorted as she looked at Cassandra. Then, she turned and got into the car.

"Why are you here?"

It had been a long time since they last saw each other. Lionel was curious about what Cassandra was doing in front of Rufus's house.

"I live next door," she replied with an indifferent look, pointing at the villa next to it.

Lionel, however, assumed that the next house was still Rufus's property. Like his mom, he snorted and remarked, "Are you still with him? He's already engaged to Amanda. Why would you rather be his mistress than be my wife?"

Lionel said spitefully. Cassandra, however, only looked at him with a light frown but no longer bothered to reply.

"Find a time. We need to talk,"

she managed to say calmly, hiding her anger caused by what Lionel said. She had to ignore his abrasive words.

"Lionel, what are you doing out there? Get in the car! Don't talk to such a whore!"

Jill said as she stuck her head out of the window and looked at Cassandra with contempt.

The relationship between Cassandra, Rufus, and Lionel had turned into such a huge scandal in G City before. Because of this, Jill disliked her. Now, seeing that she still had contact with Rufus disgusted her even more.

"I am working in Lyndsy's studio now. Come and talk to me when you have time. We need to talk about Rufus,"

Cassandra said in a low voice to avoid being heard by Jill. She preferred to talk to Lionel about it than Jill who hated her so much.

Lionel raised his head and saw her face. She was still as beautiful as before. But somehow, she was different now.

Was it because she was calmer? No, that was not the reason. She was always calm but distant.

Lionel assessed Cassandra's sincerity with furrowed brows. Despite her alluring beauty, she still felt very distant.

She had grown more and more mature. Not to mention, it made her...sexier. With her new aura, he felt very drawn to her.

Seeing that his mother was present, Lionel merely got to reply with a nod. He knew that there would be more problems if she saw him still talking with Cassandra. So, he turned around, got into the car, and ordered the driver to go their way.

watching the car disappear into the distance, Cassandra looked back at Rufus's villa once

Rufus treated his father and the Tang family as a whole while all these were happening gave

did not want Rufus to be seen as an ungrateful and obnoxious son. That

suggestion would work and Lionel would accept it.

on the other hand, who had been standing behind the curtains, squinted his eyes and watched her

redeemer, Cassandra? Have you already forgotten what the Tang family did to

being?' asked Rufus in his heart.

work, Lionel arrived, stopping

do you want to talk

She had been his wife. He felt his

many people and cars on

find a quieter place,"

talk with Lionel on the street openly. It was important that their exchange would remain

car,"

still, she complied. She pulled the door open and

shrugged his shoulders and started the engine. Through the rearview mirror, he saw Cassandra looking outside with a serious look. What was she thinking about? The woman seemed to

to a quiet cafe and found a table in a corner. Lionel ordered two cups of coffee, one for each. Now, going

he hoped that she knew what was the best thing to do to get Rufus to come back and help the

both know Rufus. He hates the Tang family because his mother was treated unfairly. Your mother kicked his mother out when she was pregnant. Honestly, that was indeed inappropriate. His mother lived a hard life while your mother lived in privilege. All this was your mother's

eyebrows while stirring her coffee.

to ask for his forgiveness and beg him to come back. He gave him a sincere apology! But Rufus, look at what he did! He stressed my father so much that until now, he is still in the hospital! Do you think what he did

help but

with you. I'm here to offer you a suggestion. It would be perfectly okay with me if you accept it. But if you choose to refuse

crucial moment, he still liked to blame Rufus

on, please. I'm

he heard that

deep breath to calm herself down. Both Lionel and his mother were experts on driving people mad. If it were not for Rufus, she would not even

organized a charity gala to gather funds to help reconstruct A City after the massive earthquake.

her before she could finish speaking.

him in a nice manner. And you saw what happened. He ended up in

that easily. Was Cassandra suggesting that a simple apology would fix all the problems of their family right now? She was being

are you planning to let him hate you and the Tang family

her suggestion before she could even finish what she was