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.

Rufus's heart

His decision, not only calmed Lyndsy down, but

of progress in Victor's

the one who tested the equipment

gut, though, Rufus felt that it was not that

was only worrying too

allowed Lyndsy to continue

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

he could to protect Lyndsy after her accident.

the news on

does she think she is? Cassandra is

the news was saying. There was so much hatred in her

is a woman with a lot of tricks up her sleeve.

said with concern. She pretended to empathize but in reality, she

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

she knew who Amanda really was. She was not at all the innocent and caring

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

I don't care what tricks she has up her sleeve. I

screamed hatefully as she pounded her desk with her

love again. Allowing the disfigured Lyndsy to continue shooting the movie must be Cassandra's

have you ever talked to

asked curiously, masterfully hiding

to her? She's a

talked of Cassandra with venomous, contemptuous

she's obsessed with Rufus. And since you have never

said, coaxing Amanda to meet Cassandra in person. All she needed was for them to fight in order to carry out her

want to meet her. She doesn't deserve

to hide her true feelings. The reason why she did not want to confront Cassandra was because she was afraid that

fabricate a scene where it will only look like you ran into her by chance! Look, all you have to do is to scare

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

did it on purpose?

skeptically, considering her idea.

always had her underlings do 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

worry about that. I'll take care of

assured her,

did to her, and this was her way of regaining the upper