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 a

one stone. His decision, not only calmed Lyndsy down, but also managed to lift a huge burden

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

He was the one responsible for the safety of the wires and the one who tested the equipment the day before. Now that there was an accident, it only made sense

gut, though, Rufus felt that it

he was only worrying too much.

allowed Lyndsy to

Studio and TY Entertainment on the

he could to protect Lyndsy after her accident. People are saying he did it for

let Amanda see the news on purpose to

does she think she is? Cassandra

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

with a lot of tricks up her sleeve. You have to be careful when

pretended to empathize but in reality, she was

hated how Amanda

innocent and caring girl she pretended to be. Instead, she was a double-crossing,

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

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

she pounded her desk with her

didn't expect Rufus and Cassandra to fall in love again. Allowing the disfigured Lyndsy to continue shooting the movie

ever talked to Cassandra

asked curiously, masterfully hiding her ill intentions.

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

with venomous, contemptuous words.

bad woman. I'm pretty sure she's obsessed with Rufus. And since you have never shown yourself, she must think that what you have with Rufus isn't

All she needed was for them to fight in

don't want to meet her. She doesn't deserve

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

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 way, you'll get to feel good about yourself

continued to persuade Amanda. She used every possible reason she could think of in hopes that she would

I did it on purpose? How

frowned skeptically, considering her idea.

herself from the situation.

don't have to worry about that. I'll take care

assured her, smiling.

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