A Graduation Gift

Chapter 463 The Surprise (Part One)

A perplexed look washed over Cassandra's expression as she stared at Rufus's expectant face.

"I just got my period two days ago. I thought you knew that?"

She huffed out a short, breathy chuckle at his ignorance, a small smile sliding across her lips in adoration.

Rufus paused as he contemplated what Cassandra had told him before. At the recollection, he visibly deflated and pouted in disappointment; his desire to have a child with his beloved remained as a pipe dream once again.

His shoulders drooped while he trudged towards her slowly. As he tucked his head on the crook of her neck, he sighed and pulled her into a tight embrace, "Cassandra, we've been together for so long, why aren't you pregnant yet? Should we find time to go to the hospital and have a check-up?"

Rufus murmured in resignation. The bitterness swelled in his heart at the thought of Cassandra not being able to bear his child.

"There's no hurry, we aren't even married yet."

A forced smile attempted to comfort her sorrowful spouse and concealed the throbbing pain Cassandra fostered inside. She did not want Rufus knowing that she had lost their offspring. It would wreck him, and she was not sure if she would ever be ready to see his grieving and broken gaze upon learning the truth. She willingly took the role of a liar as she spouted insincere words of reassurances whenever he brought up the topic.

"We can get married anytime you want!"

Rufus straightened and beamed; it had been his long wish to be wed to her, after all. He would even go as far as asking for her hand right at this moment, if he had not been consistently rejected in the past.

we have to receive my mother's blessing before getting

never liked Rufus as an individual, and more so as Cassandra's significant other.

worry, she will surely approve

vagueness of his statement that did little

"How do you know?"

with his little game. His behavior confused her and made her raise suspicions of him deliberately acting just to

at the receiving end of Edith's rudeness the other day, so how could he

added, sensing her bafflement, "Cassandra, Auntie and Cloris are at the studio at present. I wanted to ask them to come to our house, but they intended to leave

at the news, her eyes shining with unabashed joy. She believed him without a doubt; she had full

Cloris came? Why didn't you tell me

was an unforeseen event, but meanwhile it was also a welcomed surprise, especially since they

Your family's in a very good mood today and has even shown quite some interest in the studio. What's more, they've become really friendly to me, so I think I must've gained

head out the door in hurried steps. Cassandra listened attentively and nodded, hoping that what he was saying

that so? Then, we

picked up her bag on the counter as she overtook Rufus in haste. She was afraid that if she were to arrive late, her waiting

concerns, she was greeted with the view of Edith and Cloris lounging on stray chairs as soon as they arrived at

the process of putting up wallpapers of her own picking. Despite

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