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

you satisfied

asked jokingly, lifting his eye brows,

smiled sweetly, taking some

them a dried meat floss cake, which Rufus had ordered specially

these cakes. They make really good ones here. Their head baker is a French professional. Take a bite and tell me if

smiled at her with empathetic eyes. He felt sorry for her. She had lost a lot of weight lately and needed to eat more so she didn't look so weak.

Rufus. I

blushing with embarrassment. Although she truly loved

remember how much you like dried floss meat cake, too!

you

cake to Rufus.

like it ever since I was a child. We can ask them

as he started to eat his steak. But what he had just said startled

"What's wrong, honey?"

noticed her surprised face and asked with an earnest concern.

"No… nothing."

confused. She didn't know where she could even

to squeeze her hand a few times reassuring himself that

was overwhelmed with a

the cake shop. She hid herself behind a plant pot to observe them from a distance. It was then that she heard Amanda saying

mad at him

it meant that the cake he brought over wasn't the one Amanda had bought

deeply embarrassed, not knowing how

her. And what did she do? She misunderstood him and

was already hanging on a fragile thread at the

upset with herself now. She wondered if there were any other things she had misunderstood.

always kept arguing about trivial things with Rufus, which was what

introspecting her mistakes, taking a deep breath. Finally, she took the cake, and flashed a genuine smile at

what had changed her mind. But he didn't ponder

was her way of apologizing. All she wanted was to

"Cassandra? What a coincidence!"

at the familiar voice to see Whitney and Courtney smiling at her.

looked classy and elegant as always. She was wearing a cheongsam with a fur coat over it. Courtney stood behind her, reading Cassandra's face

"Auntie Whitney!"

exclaimed and stood up, surprised. She hadn't seen Whitney

I heard about your father's company when I came back... Why didn't you call

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