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

the Tang family as

She did not want Rufus to be

suggestion would work and Lionel would accept it.

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 next

Have you already forgotten what the Tang family did to you in the

being?' asked Rufus in

got off work, Lionel arrived, stopping by as

you want to

This woman once belonged to him. She had

scanned their surroundings and found that there were many people and cars

place,"

want to talk with Lionel on the street openly.

the car," said

eyes, still, she complied. She pulled

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

a quiet cafe and found a table in a corner. Lionel ordered two cups of coffee, one

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

was pregnant. Honestly, that was indeed

with creased eyebrows while

ask for his forgiveness and beg him to come back. He gave him a sincere apology! But Rufus, look at

could not help but be defensive after Cassandra

perfectly okay with me if you accept it. But if you choose to refuse it, I

Even at this crucial moment, he still liked to blame Rufus

on,

started to become more open when he heard

breath to calm herself down. Both Lionel and his mother were experts on driving people mad. If

to gather funds to help reconstruct A

and interrupted her before she could

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

believe that Rufus would forgive them that easily. Was Cassandra suggesting that a simple apology would fix all the problems of their family

hate you and the Tang family for the rest of your

her suggestion before