A Graduation Gift

Rufus frowned and looked at her, confused.

"Who are you waiting for?" he asked.

Cassandra pulled her collar up subconsciously. She didn't seem to be bothered by the wound on her neck. As the collar could not hide it completely, she tucked her neck a bit as she avoided Rufus's touch.

"There's another guy who is interested in the studio. I need to wait for him so I could show him around..." Cassandra replied.

She wanted to make sure that everything was settled for Lyndsy as soon as possible. That way, she could concentrate more on the shoot and her plastic surgery treatment abroad. Suddenly, Rufus interrupted her before she could even finish her words.

"It's me. Let's go. I'll send someone to sign the sale and purchase agreement with you,"

he said, feeling relaxed now. He initially thought that Cassandra just downright rejected him. As it turned out, she only wanted to make sure that the office sale was taken care of as soon as possible.

"What? It's you?!"

Cassandra's eyes widened as she looked at him in surprise.

"I didn't expect Amanda to get here before I did. Otherwise, you would not have been hurt," he replied ignoring her expression.

Her reaction satisfied Rufus very much. A smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Why do you buy this place? What are you going to do with it?"

Cassandra asked with furrowed brows.

"You will know it when it's time," he replied simply.

He did not want to tell her his plan just yet. He wanted it to be a surprise.

Cassandra looked at him with suspicion. In the long time that she had known him, she still found it difficult to read him sometimes.

Rufus smiled and held her in his arms. Then, he put his chin on her head and smelled her hair.

"I didn't know that my hesitation would cause you pain until today when I saw what she did to you. I'm sorry," he apologized.

There was guilt in his voice. His heart ached seeing the scratch marks on her fair neck.

Still, Cassandra remained sorrowful despite his words.

'You hurt me a long time ago, Rufus. You just didn't know it.

heart? You can't see it nor

apology. However, she only lowered her head. She didn't even say anything. In her eyes were sadness and loneliness.

easily. But now, her

pressed her into his

Leave with me, my darling,"

uneasy he felt. There was so much danger and he did not

can't leave with

determined to keep her close. He

"Why?" he asked.

so distant. He couldn't feel her heart the way he did before.

If you leave without making up

with a low yet determined voice.

Huh! Even if I didn't come back to the Tang family, Lionel still would have

whenever he deployed business strategies against the Dawn Star Group. Even without him, Rufus was sure that Lionel was going to lead the Tang Group to its

borrow money from the bank to expand Tang Group, things would be different.

She was not a fool. When Rufus applied for loans from the bank to expand the company, everyone thought he did so to gain a bigger share of the market. It was only now that Cassandra realized his true intention. He did that

distanced himself from the crisis but

would give rise to several other problems. Its state would worsen

them, Cassandra?

puzzled. To him, it became more and more difficult to understand what was going on

mother would rest in peace if she saw you with so much

enough to persuade him. Rufus,

will never ever help them get out of

could not seem to understand his

all you want to do is take them down, then I would rather that you

was disappointed. But before she stepped out, she suddenly stopped as if she forgot something. Then, she turned to face Rufus and said, "I am not going anywhere with you unless you help the

she took off, leaving Rufus alone with his fists still

supported me and took the initiative to terminate the agreement with the Tang Group. Why are you doing this? Why aren't you standing

among family. When will you realize that? When will you let go of your desire for vengeance and instead accept your family with

family, the faces of Vernon and Edith appeared in her mind. It was probably time to pay her father a visit. 'I hope this winter would not be as cold as it was

to her car in tears. Ivy had been waiting for her

ashamed with what Rufus had done to her. She could not believe that he

"Amanda, don't cry anymore..."

place because Rufus drove her out. She did not really know what happened next.

so intensely, Ivy guessed that Rufus must have driven her out too. He must have sided with Cassandra. Otherwise, Amanda would not have lost

stop crying. Memories of her and