A Graduation Gift

Chapter 446 The Winner Takes All (Part One)

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

sister's insults. She felt like she might die right at this spot.

things were only getting started, Joel tried to slowly remove himself from the situation but Rufus reached out his arm to stop

got you out of

always seemed to

he tried to dodge around Rufus to get to the door. Tiny beads of sweat were forming on his forehead and his shirt was starting to cling to

my question before you

he stepped in front of Joel, blocking his way yet

it to someone else later. Thus,

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

since he was long gone from the Tang Group, Joel thought he would never see him again. And yet, by some horrible luck that was plaguing him tonight, he'd run into

sure that you've never done anything to

him pretending to

didn't offend Rufus directly, the

of sweat started to drip off from his forehead. His

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

out in public ever again, I'll send you right back to prison without so much as blinking my eyes. Look into my eyes and know that

that Joel was Ivy's younger brother and with

Rufus with a speed as quick as lightening and disappeared out the

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