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.

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

Tang family as a whole while all these were

did not want Rufus to be

work and

to leave. Rufus, on the other hand, who had been standing behind the curtains, squinted his eyes and

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

being?' asked

off work, Lionel arrived, stopping

do you want to

to him. She had

and found that there were many people and cars on the street because it was rush hour.

quieter place,"

the street openly. It was important that their exchange

car,"

still, she complied. She pulled the door open and slid into the

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

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

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

was treated unfairly. Your mother kicked his mother out when she was pregnant. Honestly, that was indeed inappropriate.

with creased eyebrows while stirring

I don't care. But in the end, he is still a part of the 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 at

could not help but

perfectly okay with me if

at this crucial moment, he still liked to blame Rufus for everything. This made her very unhappy.

on, please. I'm all

open when he heard that Cassandra was offering him a

people mad. If it were not for Rufus,

far as I know, Rufus is not 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

hand and interrupted her before she

father came and talked to him in a nice manner. And you saw what happened.

Cassandra suggesting that a simple apology would fix

you and the Tang family for the rest of your

suggestion before