A Graduation Gift

Cassandra had never paid attention to the sound of the wind so carefully before.

She hated the wind and the rain. She liked the sun. But tonight, she listened to the gush of the wind all night long.

It was still winter. The wind last night was still chilly. It blew through the trees and caused the leaves to rustle.

The wind sounded so sad as if it was worried that it would be soon be replaced by the warmth someday.

She kept calling Rufus. But she failed to get through. The automatic voice informing her of all the failed call depressed Cassandra. It was the cold voice of the machine, bereft of emotion, that affected her deeply.

Cassandra remembered what Rufus had once said to her.

"Let me be the one to turn to no matter what happens later, okay?"

Yes, and here she was, calling him again and again, to do exactly that. However, he was nowhere to be seen.

Finally, daylight came. Cassandra heard the bustle of the servants beginning their preparations for the day. She forced herself to bathe and get ready to go to work. However, the moment she opened the door, she saw Jill advancing towards her.

Before Cassandra could greet her, Jill had already raised her hand and slapped her in the face with full strength.

"You bitch! Ivy's baby is gone! Are you happy now?"

Jill shouted the words as she shivered with rage. Tears rolled down her cheeks quickly.

"It's my first grandchild! How did you have the heart to do such a thing!?"

Cassandra had not recovered from the impact of the slap even though she could not feel the pain on her face anymore.

'How is that possible? Ivy's baby is gone? It is a thirty-week old baby! And it is growing bigger and bigger!"

Cassandra felt like she was in the most unimaginably horrid nightmare. How she wished everything could've return to peace when she woke up from the nightmare.

She closed her eyes and then opened them again. Jill was still standing right before her, crying hysterically. Horace stood not far away with his hands behind his back, restraining his emotions.

There was no expression on his face. But people could feel his anger simmer within.

Even though Ivy was not his official daughter-in-law, she had been living with the Tang family whilst pregnant. She was well-mannered and Jill favored her a lot. Horace, himself, bore no ill will towards her. Shockingly, she had a conflict with Cassandra just before her due date.

ready. Let's go to

to Jill and led her away. Casandra could hear the soft sobs of Jill as she walked away with her

walked downstairs in a daze, her mind blank. Once downstairs, she noticed the servants scrutinizing her. They didn't greet her as warmly

seems to her now that in their eyes

about Rufus in a casual manner and learned that he had traveled abroad.

end. His sudden, uninformed, absence

she deliberated for long and left for

asked the nurse about Ivy and finally located the room. It was

hear the unclear whispers and the softs

gathered the courage and knocked

door opened. Lionel stood at the door. He looked exhausted

when he saw Cassandra. His rage raised

don't want

he turned to shut the door, but Cassandra reached out to stop him

flowers. Please give it to

the bouquet from

have you come? Get the hell out of here! You are the last person we want to

slammed shut with a resounding echo.

witnessed the whole scene, fell silent for a while before they started whispering.

her head and smiled bitterly at the flowers.

back inside. Ivy knew that it was Cassandra.

She delivered the dead baby with oxytocin injection instead of a genuine

now lying weakly in bed. Earlier if she had been spurned, she would chart a savage course for revenge. However, the loss of baby had greatly

his former arrogant and wilful Ivy. This peaceful and quiet woman

be my wife.

child was born. Now his hope was gone with

with joy. She lowered her head to hide her joy so that Lionel would

information that Joel had been prosecuted for plagiarizing Cassandra's design and selling it to another designer. The Tang

not only stole her position in the Tangs but also led to the arrest of

speech on the stage as the representative of Tang Group. Cassandra was in good spirits while her brother

kicking her. She even lost her delicate

However, Cassandra's proposal

had decided to grab the last opportunity