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

the Tang family as a whole while all

matter how people looked at it. She did not want Rufus to be seen as an ungrateful and

work and Lionel would accept it.

looked at the closed door again and then turned around to leave. Rufus, on the other hand, who had been standing behind the curtains, squinted his eyes and watched her walk into the

what the Tang family did to you in the past? Why are

you're being?' asked Rufus

work, Lionel

do you want

belonged to him. She had been his

there were many people and

find a quieter place," she suggested.

openly. It was important that their

in the car," said

in her eyes, still, she complied. She pulled

with a serious look. What was she thinking about?

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

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

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.

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

help but be

okay with me if you accept

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

okay! Go on,

to become more open when he heard that Cassandra

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

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 helped people! I'm pretty sure that makes him a kind person. That said, I suggest you convince your parents

her before she could finish speaking.

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

easily. Was Cassandra suggesting that a simple apology would

you and the

suggestion before she could even finish what she was saying. She felt