A Graduation Gift

She looked up and saw Lionel standing in front of her desk, smiling genuinely. She got really confused and hurried to end the conversation.

"What are you doing here?"

Cassandra asked, quickly hanging up the call. She got up and kneaded the back of her waist. She had been sitting for hours now, her body was going numb.

Seeing how tired she was, Lionel couldn't help but ask in concern, "Cassandra, isn't it more tiring to work here than it was designing in Tang Group?"

It seemed like a casual question full of earnest concern. Cassandra only smiled at him, poured some water in a glass and handed it to him.

"I put my heart and soul in whatever job I do. It doesn't matter which one is more tiring. As long as I am passionate about my work, I can learn from every job and just get better,"

Cassandra said, not answering his question directly. She didn't want to answer it as she was no longer 'Manager Qin' in his design department now.

"Still...I think it's a shame you changed your job. You've learned architectural design abroad and accomplished so much in the field. All of that for what? Now you've completely abandoned your career as a designer!"

Lionel said, looking at Cassandra with a regretful look on his face. She didn't know how to respond to something like that. Why was he saying any of this to her?

job? It was all due to the agreement she had signed when they

And now, he had the audacity of coming and saying it was a shame? What did

single word. Her silence made Lionel's heart beat faster. He kept trying to figure what she

thoughts and took a step forward. "Anyway, Cassandra, let me show you a design. It's done by the current design department at Tang Group. What do

and forth, alternating between him and the drawing. The draft was seriously castigated by the client with a lot of red

and started reading it closely.

aesthetically pleasing but not very practical. Architecture isn't all about making pretty buildings, you know. A proposal has to have a proper methodology of construction, as well as how one would incorporate the services,"

as she turned the cover to read the

is an old client of the company. This design is definitely not gonna work for someone like

of emphasis on functionality in the building because of their previous interactions. No wonder he wasn't happy with something as sculptural as what Lionel

he said?" Cassandra raised her eyebrows with curiosity. "He said he wanted you

he

that's impossible..." Cassandra said, shaking her head. "I

a helpless smile, shrugging. Then she folded the drawing, kept it neatly in the file, and handed it

a time when she dreamt of becoming one of the best designers of the world. But there was no chance for that dream to come true now. She didn't even know if she would ever go back to her