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

only calmed Lyndsy down, but also managed to lift a huge burden off of Cassandra's

progress in Victor's investigations, once again, made him feel

director. He was the one responsible for the safety of the wires and the one who tested the equipment the day before. Now that

felt that it was

he was only worrying

allowed Lyndsy to continue shooting

in shock as she watched the press conference held by Lyndsy's Studio and TY Entertainment on the entertainment

Rufus is the chairman of TY Entertainment and he did everything he could

chimed in. She let Amanda see the news on purpose to make her feel bad.

think she is? Cassandra is

refusing to accept what the news was saying. There was

a lot of tricks up her sleeve.

pretended to empathize but in reality, she was glad

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

not at all the innocent and caring girl she

it was her turn. Ivy was determined to use Amanda as a pawn in her plans to prove that she was not

care what tricks she has

as she pounded her desk

fall in love again. Allowing the disfigured Lyndsy to continue

have you ever talked to Cassandra

curiously, masterfully hiding her ill intentions.

would I waste my time talking to her? She's a

talked of Cassandra with venomous, contemptuous

she's obsessed with Rufus. And since

to meet Cassandra in person. All she needed was for them to fight in order to carry out her own plan. The victor

don't want to meet her.

feelings. The reason why she did not want to confront Cassandra was because she was afraid that if Rufus found out, he

where it will only look like you ran 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

Amanda. She used every possible reason she could think of in hopes

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

considering her idea.

dirty jobs for her. This 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 might be okay for her to handle on her own.

about that.

her,

what she did to her, and this was her way