A Graduation Gift

Not a single word came out from Cassandra's lips. This caused an unbearable silence to fill the air in the room. The smile Rufus had been wearing, got swept away from his face when he looked at Cassandra. But she just kept quiet, appearing to be so dejected.

"Is there something bothering you, Cassandra?"

Rufus asked, thinking that there must be a reason why she seemed to have been laden with anxiety in front of him.

"Rufus, what is your excuse for keeping things from me? Haven't we already made a deal to always be honest with each other?"

Those words Cassandra laid out were much like a frozen sword, driven straight into Rufus's chest, piercing right through his heart.

"What do you mean by that, Cassandra? What are you implying?"

Rufus seemed quite puzzled, as he was under the assumption that he had actually told Cassandra everything already. So, why would she even say that? Surely, there must've been some kind of misunderstanding.

Cassandra's lips twitched a bit, and she let out a faint smile upon hearing this.

She had gone this far already, so for that reason, Rufus should have come clean and straightened things out.

"The qualifications written under your resume weren't real, and you didn't really have any experience working as a senior executive of an overseas company. As it turns out, you're actually the founder of the TY Group, and yet, not once did you ever mention anything about that to me."

It took the best of her to keep herself calm, to keep her voice down, and to keep it from breaking. But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't hold it in, her voice was suddenly shaking.

palms of her hands, to such an extent that they could actually pierce through if she didn't stop. The pain that it caused her, however, was nothing in contrast with how much she had been hurting deep inside, which

her saying that, Rufus furrowed

told you that? And did he ask

be the spokesperson of G City decisively. The deeper in the shadow he was, the safer he would

entering his life was something he never anticipated. He fell in love with her and didn't want her to get caught up in

his best kept secret, it was clear as day that she

just said it straight to my face. Could it be that your intention for hiding that information from me

of her voice was starting to get much colder, because Rufus refused to

afraid. I was so afraid that you would be so reluctant to keep holding on to

But instead of his laughter dying down, it just kept on getting louder and louder. It lasted so long that it almost seemed as though there would be no end to

run wild. Such an innocent woman she was! She was getting upset over nothing, because there was no way in hell he would ever want to break

grab Cassandra. But before he got any closer to her, she immediately shot up and took a step back, steering clear

of their arguments in the past through 'physical contact.' But this time around, she wanted

on, I won't swallow you whole! I don't bite!" Rufus

even though she was close enough for him to touch, he still wasn't able to satiate his thirst for her. Taking one big gulp, Rufus reflected on the thought of not letting her get away from his

kept going on like that if it weren't for the bookshelves right behind her. With

you're not forgetting that we're inside my office right

fiber of Cassandra's being was shivering, and her voice was shaking akin