A Graduation Gift

Cassandra bit her lip to hold back her tears. The sadness of Lyndsy and her family filled the whole room.

She never really cried for herself, but she tended to cry a lot for others. Rufus clenched his fists as he watched Cassandra suffer quietly.

"Please get well, Lyndsy. Take care of yourself, because you still have a film to shoot. We've only done half the scenes. I will instruct the crew to finish other people's parts first. We can shoot your parts when you recover,"

Rufus spoke suddenly. Lyndsy and her mother stopped crying abruptly upon hearing his words.

She looked at Rufus incredulously with tears in her eyes. Cassandra turned her head too, confused about what Rufus just said.

Keep shooting? How could she shoot a movie with a face like that?

Rufus, fully aware of everyone's confusion, remained calm.

"We'll ask the director to modify the angles. We just have to avoid shooting from the front. We can also edit the shots later. Don't worry, everything can be fixed digitally. All you have to do is focus on your recovery," he explained.

His words seemed to reassure Lyndsy's mother as she turned to her daughter happily.

"Did you hear that, honey?! You can keep shooting movies!" she beamed.

Stunned, Lyndsy kept looking at Rufus wordlessly. She could not believe that Rufus, a prime investor, would be willing to hire a disfigured actress to star in his movie. That would be so risky!

"Your scars can be treated. Stem cell therapy abroad is very good now. I know a doctor who specializes in such field and I would be happy to introduce you to him later,"

Rufus continued to say. Every sentence that came out of his mouth left everyone more and more surprised.

Eventually, Lyndsy calmed down. Rufus seemed to have succeeded in reassuring her.

She wiped away her tears and focused on comforting her mother instead.

"I'll be fine, Mom. I promise I will take good care of myself,"

she said, sounding calm and strong. The helplessness and panic she displayed just a minute ago were now totally gone.

"Cassandra, the business of the studio is going to depend on you for a while,"

Lyndsy said to Cassandra with full trust.

"Don't worry, Stella and I will take care of it for you,"

Cassandra replied, very glad to see Lyndsy calmer than before. She then looked at Rufus gratefully.

made Rufus's heart skip a

not only calmed Lyndsy

lack of progress in Victor's investigations,

and the one who tested the

Rufus felt that it was

was only

to continue shooting the

exclaimed in shock as she watched the press conference held by Lyndsy's Studio and TY Entertainment on the entertainment channel. She could not believe what she was

he did everything he could to protect Lyndsy after

news on purpose to make her feel bad.

does she think she is? Cassandra is a

was saying. There was so much hatred in her

a lot of tricks up her sleeve. You have

concern. She pretended to empathize but in

Ivy satisfaction. She hated how Amanda played her

was not at all the innocent and caring girl she

as a pawn in her plans to prove that she

not afraid of her! I don't care what tricks she has

as she pounded her desk with her

to fall in love again. Allowing the disfigured Lyndsy

you ever talked to

hiding

my time talking to her? She's a nobody and she's

Cassandra with venomous,

pretty sure she's obsessed with Rufus. And since you have never shown yourself, she must think that what you have with

in person. All she needed was for them to fight

meet her. She doesn't deserve

she did not want to confront Cassandra was because she was afraid that if Rufus found out, he

arrange it formally. I can help you fabricate a scene where it will only look like you ran into her by chance! Look, all you have to do is to

possible reason she could think of in hopes that

it on purpose? How would you do

frowned skeptically, considering her idea.

her underlings do dirty jobs for her. This was so that if something went wrong, she could immediately remove herself from the

worry about that. I'll take care

assured her,

Amanda failed to realize was that Ivy already knew what she did to her, and this was her way of regaining the upper