A Graduation Gift

After Edith left, Cassandra pulled the quilt over her head. She had no desire to get off the bed.

With her face facing the wall, tears slowly started to slide down her cheeks. Now that it had begun, there was no way of stopping it. Her tears seemed to be endless.

In her parents' eyes, she wasn't gentle or sweet. In fact she was a cold lady when compared to Cloris. Therefore, she never received the attention from her father which she had always craved.

This world now seemed like a bleak and hopeless place. People often preached about doing good deeds anonymously. However, after one had done a good deed in secrecy, they wouldn't regard you as a good person. People had a way of taking advantage of those who were kind.

Life wasn't fair and people who didn't deserve the love often ended up getting it.

While Cassandra was drowning in her misery, she felt someone lie beside her. He slowly stretched his arms and closed them tightly against her body. His hug was quite strong and Cassandra could feel her body temperature notch up.

Without even turning she knew it was Rufus.

In the past few days, every time he came to visit her, he would silently watch her for a while before leaving the bedroom. But this hug came as a surprise. She was shocked to see that he had come to bed to be with her tonight.

Anxiety started to rise in her body and she wanted to move free from his hug. Rufus, however, assumed that she intended to run away. In order to stop her, he held her even tighter.

"You know what will happen if you continue to move!"

he whispered into her ears. This was a warning and his lips curved into an evil smile. Now Cassandra held her breath out of fear. She didn't dare to move or make any sort of noise.

She didn't know how long it had been since his warning. But Cassandra didn't relax until she heard Rufus's slow and steady breath. 'He has fallen asleep!' she thought with relief washing over her.

Carefully, Cassandra turned and now they were face to face.

'He is handsome. But keeps furrowing his brows even when he is sleeping. This is such a bad habit, ' Cassandra thought to herself.

In spite of his frown, there was something very peaceful about watching him sleep. It made Cassandra feel secure and protected.

Rufus had an outstanding facial features. Watching his gorgeous face, Cassandra really hoped that she could spend the rest of her life with him.

As she watched him, she drifted off to sleep. Tonight she didn't have any nightmare. It was a peaceful night.

The day before she moved to the Tang mansion, Ivy was extremely excited. Her excitement reached a level where sleeping became impossible to her.

Her thoughts revolved completely around Cassandra. She was planning and plotting what she would do when she could finally confront with Cassandra. Her dream was to challenge her status in the Tang family. But when she moved in, Cassandra wasn't at home. Ivy felt a surge of disappointment. That was when she learned that Cassandra had a fever hence she was staying in the hospital.

that Cassandra was finding an excuse to escape. But his disappointment was gone once he realized that it would be

she is aware that she can't give birth to a child. I guess she is too ashamed to

extremely harsh. He never had sex with Cassandra so he knew why

the same time he realized that Ivy was standing right next to him. He had no choice but to keep silent.

the other hand, also wished to shut Jill. She was being mean. Just like Lionel, he abstained from speaking because Ivy was present. With great

detected the helpless look on Horace's and Lionel's face. It was shown only for a few

family which was

turned the Tang mansion into her own home. One by one, she started to show her rights over everything. She was bossy and always found a reason to make the

Jill, her attitude seemed completely different. There was no pride but only love

go abroad to buy raw jade for Jill and later asked an

this is

the opportunity and presented Jill

The ice jade was shining and the jade ring looked flawless. There was also a pair of earrings shaped in magnolia flowers which was equally elegant and refined. Not to mention the pendant, which displayed the carver's perfect and amazing skill.

at Ivy and thought about Cassandra who seldom talked to her. Deep down she felt Ivy was much

enjoyed talking to Ivy about beauty and skin care. Ivy had good knowledge in them and would recommend her some nice beauty salons. And when it came to luxury, Ivy was an expert too. It was a subject that she spoke about with

sometimes spoke about this topic with her other friends but they weren't as good as Ivy. Women of her age weren't as open and adaptive as young people like Ivy. With a busy

was different. She would buy clothes released on the Fashion Week and gift them

clothes on and showed off in front of her friends, they all burnt with jealousy.

her back, people thought of her as someone without any taste. They gossiped about her and spoke about her lack of fashion

what, Horace. I didn't feel the presence of a new member until Ivy moved in. She is so much more cheerful and friendly when compared to Cassandra. Cassandra, on the other hand,

just rolled his eyes. He directly pointed out that she

are not her presents! They come from the Tang family. She wants you to like her. Of course she is willing to do anything in order to please you. She isn't sincere and you

head, Jill glared at him

that on purpose, she is still way better than Cassandra. When Cassandra sees me, she acts like a mouse that has seen a cat. She runs away from me and never tries

he heard Jill complain, Horace felt anger surge inside

good at flattering others. She is talented and can manage the design department of the Tang Group. What can Ivy do? Tell me! She is

give up so she murmured, "I don't know what she can do but she's the one Lionel really loves! And she has a baby which Cassandra doesn't. No matter how talented Cassandra is,

burst

love with her some day. As for Ivy… she will leave

wouldn't listen to Horace. No matter what Horace said, she still believed Ivy was the best. Jill even urged Lionel to get off work as early as he could so that he could come

he drove her to do body check, accompanied her to take parenting

given such proper care. She loved all the attention she received from the people in the Tang family. All these made her feel like she was Lionel's wife. And she intended to spend the rest of her life feeling this way.

determination to take Cassandra's place magnified as the days passed. She was willing to do anything in order to become a permanent member of the Tang family. She had no intention of