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.

expression made Rufus's heart skip

have hit two birds with one stone. His decision, not only calmed Lyndsy down, but

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

and the one who tested the equipment the day before. Now that there was an accident,

felt that

he was

to continue

and TY Entertainment on the

he did everything he could to protect Lyndsy

chimed in. She let Amanda see the news on purpose to

she is? Cassandra is

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

tricks up her sleeve. You have to be careful when dealing with her,"

pretended to empathize but in reality, she

Amanda and seeing how she reacted when things didn't go her way gave Ivy satisfaction. She hated how Amanda played her and pretended to be sincere in helping her when, in

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

a pawn in her plans to prove that she was not just

what tricks she has up her sleeve.

screamed hatefully as she pounded

in love again. Allowing the disfigured Lyndsy to continue shooting the

you ever talked

masterfully hiding her

time talking to her? She's a nobody and she's not worth my

with

Rufus. And since you have never shown yourself, she must think that what you have with Rufus

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

to meet her. She doesn't

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

is to scare her

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

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

considering her

remove herself from the situation. But

about that. I'll take care

her, smiling.

was that Ivy already knew what she did to her, and this was her way