A Graduation Gift

Cassandra was frozen inside and out, as though a bucket of icy water had been poured right over her head and chilled her to the bone.

Cloris's cutting words were like daggers to her heart, the pain spreading all through her body.

Rufus had been standing aside trying not to interfere in the sisterly fight. But as he saw Cloris get more and more defensive, he decided to step in.

"What do you mean, Cloris? What did Cassandra do to make you hate her so badly?" he asked, astonished at how quickly their argument had escalated.

Rufus had sensed that Cloris had been skirting around the real issue and he was curious to know what she was hiding.

But this was neither the time nor the place for Cloris to dive into it. After all, she wasn't about to destroy her reputation in front of so many strangers.

"You have no right to know!"

Cloris rolled her eyes, dismissing Rufus's incredulous questions.

"Then, who does have the right to know?"

Rufus persisted, his eyes fixed upon Cloris's stone-cold face.

"It doesn't matter. Not you, anyways," Cloris retorted.

She pushed him aside, dashing towards the door to the restaurant. Arthur hurried to pay the bill and rushed out after her.

hands were clenched into tight balls, her lips

as she stood in the wake of her sister's insults. She felt like she might die right

to slowly remove himself from the situation but Rufus reached out his arm to

it Lionel who got

coldly. He'd never trusted Joel, and the guy always seemed to find himself in the middle of

to dodge around Rufus to get to the door. Tiny beads of sweat

my question

easily and he stepped in front

of him had planned to rape Cassandra before, and besides, he stole her design and sold it to

I don't know what I might have done to offend you but would you please let me go. I have to

he was long gone from the Tang Group, Joel thought he would never see him again. And yet, by some

sure that you've never

his eyebrows at Joel, his face otherwise expressionless. It amused him that this man stood before him pretending to be innocent, one eye

talking about. While he didn't offend Rufus directly, the same could

to drip off from his forehead. His chest was constricted as he held his breath in fear.

to the restaurant had already left. She didn't want any part

right back to prison without so much as blinking my eyes. Look into my eyes and know that I'm serious. You don't

younger brother and with Ivy seeing Clark recently, these siblings

and, seeing his opening, shot past Rufus with a speed as quick as