A Graduation Gift

Joel was pissed and irritated. Ivy always asked him to get down in the dirty business. And now she condescendingly accused him of doing those same things, conveying utter disdain.

"You are the one who messed with him in the first place. How is it my fault now?"

Joel asked, annoyed and didn't even wait for her to respond before turning around and leaving.

Seeing her brother walk away like that frustrated Ivy extremely.

Their parents died a long time ago, when they were very young. They had to start working at a very young age, to sustain their sophisticated lifestyle. Now their life was finally stable and they didn't need to worry about basic livelihood. Ivy, though, felt like she had come to a deadlock.

She just didn't know how to keep going anymore. But what was done couldn't be undone. Truth of the matter was, she was at a loss.

Suddenly, her eyes shifted to her right. She noticed a USB flash drive next to her computer. An idea unfurled in her head, making her heart beat faster.

She had to do it. Only that could make Clark trust her.

This USB flash drive was stolen by Adrian. Ivy ran and grabbed it, clutching it tightly, as if it was a piece of precious jewelry.

She took a deep breath, and composed herself. Finally, she took her phone out and called Clark.

"Clark, I've got what you wanted. Do you want me to bring it to you?"

Ivy tried her best to stay calm on the phone.

But on the other side of the phone, Clark simply squinted as a broad smile spread across his lips.

"Okay, why don't you come over to my place and give it to me?"

And with that being his only sentence, he hung up on her. He turned to Arthur cheerfully, as if he knew all along this was going to happen.

"See? I got what I wanted without lifting a finger."

After Joel slammed the door behind him, he called the girl he met last time. He really wanted a good company right now.

"Hey...I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with me tonight? My treat!"

Honestly, he was only looking to date someone to overcome his frustration.

Luckily for him, she said yes. He sped up and arrived at the school within a few minutes. Her eyes lit up the moment they landed on the man.

They headed for a cozy restaurant nearby. Hand in hand, they walked in together and took a table near the entrance. What they didn't notice was Cassandra and Rufus were also present there, sitting all the way in the other corner.

Rufus cut his steak into smaller pieces, poured some sauce on it and served the pieces to Cassandra.

your steak,

you satisfied with the

his eye brows, his attention focused

taking some steak in

dried meat floss cake,

Their head baker is a French professional. Take a

felt sorry for her. She had lost a

Rufus. I cannot eat all of

with embarrassment. Although she truly loved these cakes, her stomach was too full to devour the

like

don't you have

passed the cake to

can ask them to pack it if you're

steak. But what he had just said startled

"What's wrong, honey?"

noticed her surprised face and asked with an earnest concern.

"No… nothing."

know where she could even begin

a smile, held out to squeeze her hand a few times reassuring himself that nothing was wrong, and continued eating.

was overwhelmed with a mix of

day when she ran into Rufus and Amanda in the cake shop. She hid herself behind a plant pot to observe them from a distance. It was then that she heard Amanda saying she

pretty mad at him

he had never liked these cakes, as he told her just now, it meant that the cake he brought over wasn't the one

not knowing how to

for her, and remembered her likes and dislikes. He was just being thoughtful when he got the cake for her. And what did she do? She misunderstood him

so petty of her to think like that. Their relationship was already hanging on a

with herself now. She

with Rufus, which

she took the cake, and

But he didn't ponder upon it too much. As long as she ate it, it didn't matter.

notice it was her way of apologizing. All

"Cassandra? What a coincidence!"

at the familiar voice to

She was wearing a cheongsam with a fur coat

"Auntie Whitney!"

hadn't seen Whitney

I needed to take Courtney to see a few doctors. I heard about your father's company when I came back... Why didn't you call me at the time? I could have helped you

for whatever had happened. The next moment, her eyes shifted to