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.

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

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

Rufus to be seen as an ungrateful and

would work and Lionel would accept

closed door again and then turned around to leave. Rufus, on the other hand, who had been standing behind

already forgotten what the Tang family did to you in the past?

realize how stupid you're being?' asked

work, Lionel arrived, stopping by as

do you want to talk

This woman once belonged to him. She

that there were many people and cars on

a quieter place,"

on the street openly. It was important that their exchange would remain private.

the car," said Lionel.

a little suspicion in her eyes, still, she complied.

Through the rearview mirror, he saw Cassandra looking outside with a serious look. What was she thinking about? The woman seemed to be lost in her thoughts.

a table in a corner. Lionel ordered two cups of coffee, one for each. Now, going back to Cassandra, he urged, "What

mind, he hoped that she knew what was the best thing to do

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.

said with creased eyebrows while

Tang family. My father visited him to ask for his forgiveness and beg him to come back. He gave him a sincere apology! But Rufus, look

not help but be defensive

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

had not changed. Even at this crucial moment, he still liked to blame Rufus for everything. This made her

okay! Go on, please. I'm all

heard that

took a 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 be talking with him so

a heartless man. He is just very angry because of what your parents did to his mother. He has organized a charity gala to gather funds to help reconstruct A City after the massive earthquake. He helped people! I'm

his hand and interrupted her before

came and talked to him in a nice manner. And you saw what happened. He ended up in the hospital!" Lionel

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

planning to let him hate you and

denied her suggestion before she could even finish what