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.

her thankful expression made Rufus's heart skip

seemed to have hit two birds with one stone. His decision, not only calmed Lyndsy down, but also managed to lift a huge

progress in Victor's investigations, once again, made

of the wires and the one who tested the equipment the day before. Now that there

though, Rufus felt that

that he was only

Rufus allowed Lyndsy to continue shooting

press conference held by Lyndsy's Studio and TY Entertainment on the entertainment channel. She could not believe

is the chairman of TY Entertainment and he did everything he could to protect Lyndsy after her accident. People are saying he did it

let Amanda see the news on purpose to make her feel

she think she is?

news was saying. There was so much hatred

her sleeve. You have to be careful

to empathize but in reality, she was glad that Amanda

way gave Ivy satisfaction. She hated how Amanda played her and pretended to be sincere in helping her

at all the innocent and caring girl

Ivy was determined to use Amanda as a pawn in her plans to prove that she was not just some gullible girl.

tricks she has

hatefully as she pounded her desk

in love again. Allowing the disfigured

have you ever

asked curiously, masterfully hiding her ill intentions.

my time talking to her?

talked of Cassandra with venomous, contemptuous words.

I'm pretty sure she's obsessed with Rufus. And since

them to fight in order

don't want to meet

used a disdainful tone to hide her true feelings. The reason why she did not want to

into her by chance! Look, all you have to do is to scare her a little so she knows that you're not the one that she wants to cross. This

persuade Amanda. She used every possible reason she could think of

won't know that I did it on purpose? How

frowned skeptically, considering her

was so that if something went wrong, she could immediately remove herself from the situation. But with Ivy's plan, it would look like a coincidence. This

to worry about that.

assured her,

she did to her,