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 tight balls, her lips

in the wake of her sister's insults.

slowly remove himself from the situation but Rufus reached out

it Lionel who got

trusted Joel, and the guy always seemed to find himself in the middle of trouble wherever he

speak as he tried to dodge around Rufus to get to the door. Tiny beads of sweat were forming on his

answer my question

so easily and he stepped

before, and besides, he stole her design and sold it to someone else later. Thus, he needed to get

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

had caught him for stealing Cassandra's design. But since he was long gone from the Tang Group, Joel thought he would never see him

that you've never done anything to offend

expressionless. It amused him that this man stood before him pretending to be

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

His chest

already left. She didn't want any part of whatever situation that

I'll send you right back to prison without so much as blinking my

younger brother and with Ivy seeing Clark recently, these siblings were causing trouble wherever they went.

of his breath and, seeing his opening, shot past Rufus with a speed as quick as lightening and disappeared

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