A Graduation Gift

Cassandra and Lionel were lying on the king-sized bed with purple satin sheets strewn all over them. It was a luxurious and decadent scene in the hotel's presidential suite.

Ivy stood at the foot of the bed, her eyes narrowed and flashing with satisfaction.

"Joel, take the damn pictures of their ugly mugs. Quick,"

Ivy issued the order, her teeth grinding with anticipation. Joel then snappily began to take photos of the unconscious couple from different angles.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's go. It's all up to Amanda after this point."

Ivy and Joel quickly left the hotel. Rufus would soon find out what had happened in this room and rush to save Cassandra. The last thing she wanted was to be caught red-handed.

Before leaving, Ivy slyly dropped an item on the floor. A sinister smile formed on the corners of her mouth.

Amanda dialed Rufus's number over and over. As expected, Rufus kept rejecting the call.

Amanda had just recieved the pictures from Ivy on her phone. Cassandra and Lionel were strewn over the bed in compromising positions, which was exactly what Amanda had wanted.

'Rufus, since you refuse to answer the phone, I'll show you something you can't possibly ignore.'

Amanda sent the pictures directly to Rufus, as well as the address of the hotel and room number.

A few seconds later, Amanda's phone started vibrating. As she looked at the caller ID, a wry smile appeared on her lips.

"What exactly are you playing at?"

Rufus asked in an enraged tone.

'Got you all nervous, huh?' Amanda thought to herself. 'I have my ways of flustering you. I know how you hate seeing Cassandra suffer.'

"This has nothing to do with me. My staff merely ran across them and took some pictures. You can check for yourself if you want."

Amanda wanted Rufus to witness Cassandra having sex with Lionel with his own eyes. It must be devastating.

"Is this all part of your little plan into provoking a response from me?"

Rufus replied in an icy tone. Beads of cold sweat started to form on Amanda's forehead.

'Shouldn't he be rushing to the hotel already? How could he possibly know this was all a trick?'

The thing was, the pictures Ivy sent were incredibly high quality. Anyone with a keen eye could easily deduce that it was staged.

up her sleeve though. She didn't mean to pave the way for Amanda. Instead, she meant to set her

what

the start of her

my way as well. Do you

vein was popping on his forehead in his

I won't ever forgive you even if your

the phone

arriving at the hotel room door, he braced his shoulder for the impact that would force the door open. Once it was open, he saw two

quickly wrapped her up in a soft blanket nearby and

snoring loudly, oblivious to the things happening around

kicked Lionel in the side. He was heavily sedated, so he thankfully didn't see Cassandra's

something hard on the carpeted floor. He took his foot off the object to get

Rufus remembered it was her favorite.

evil smile. Thoughts began to flood his mind, 'It's highly possible she dropped it when she was busy staging

still, she tried to drive a wedge between

evidence that proved the trap was set by Amanda. Rufus didn't even bother to look around

trying to harm Cassandra. 'I ought to teach her a lesson, ' he decided

look at Lionel and then

room. Her head throbbed and started to question what

dry. She moved

turned around and looked

How

asked, concern written all over his face.

appearing from behind and covered her mouth with a soaked towel. She just now came to her senses and the

How dare you kidnap

she knew it was too dark for Rufus to

then put two and two together and realized that Cassandra

firmly believed that

stopped all his concern for Cassandra. He retorted with an icy tone, looking at Cassandra in the dark,

"Get away from me!"

do, but

my dear princess.

up. What

at a loss for

lost all sense of shame and would never let her

"Get out!"

Cassandra spat venomously.

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