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.

disappear into the distance, Cassandra looked back at Rufus's villa once again.

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

to be seen as an ungrateful and obnoxious son. That was an atrocious rejection of

and Lionel would accept

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

Have you already forgotten what the Tang

how stupid you're being?' asked Rufus

Lionel arrived, stopping

do you want to

greedy eyes. This woman once belonged to him. She had been his

surroundings and found that there were many people and cars on the street because it was

place," she

didn't want to talk with Lionel on the street openly. It was important

in the car,"

little suspicion in her eyes, still, she complied. She pulled the door open and slid

mirror, he saw Cassandra looking outside with a serious

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

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

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

eyebrows while

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

help but be defensive after

to 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 choose to refuse it,

moment, he still liked to blame Rufus for everything.

Go on,

more open when he heard that Cassandra was offering him a suggestion.

down. Both Lionel and his mother were experts on driving people mad. If it were not for Rufus, she would not

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 earthquake. He

her before she could finish

to him in a nice manner. And

forgive them that easily. Was Cassandra suggesting that a simple

let him hate you and the Tang family

at Lionel with a frown. Lionel denied her suggestion before she could even finish what she was saying. She felt very