A Graduation Gift novel Chapter 100

Women by nature were ambitious, but there were some that to a rough extent would take advantage of their good looks to attract men. At most, they would even trade their young and beautiful faces for good lives.

Different women, different choices, different lives. Cassandra didn't want to make a comment on this.

But for herself, she would never become that kind of ambitious woman.

"Ivy, I'm not rich, but I'm living a dignified life. You'd better save your tricks and think about how to establish yourself in the Tang family. Whatever will happen, I won't make a deal with you!"

Cassandra threw the words coldly and was eager to escape Ivy's presence. Then she walked back to her room and left everything behind.

Ivy's face was distorted because of anger. The way she clenched her teeth made her look less beautiful as before.

'Cassandra, you were brave enough to reject me. Go to hell!

Let me remind you that you're on fire at both ends now. Moreover, the plagiarist label on you hasn't been lifted off yet.' Ivy thought.

Cassandra, however, closed the door, her face being as pale as a ghost.

Then with her hands still on the doorknob, she slid down from the door to the floor, tucked up both of her legs and buried her head in them.

'Cassandra, you must be strong. You need to work things out yourself, ' she encouraged herself.

Her mind was racing as to what were the possible things she should do.

The deadline of the nursing home's design plan was looming and she began to work overtime—even up to early morning.

She hadn't been back to the Tang family for days. Whenever she felt tired, she just slept on the couch in her office with a thin cover to keep herself warm.

Moreover, the burden of the Qin family was all over her shoulder. It made her feel more exhausted than ever.

Even worse, Edith and Cloris kept on calling her from time to time, overflowing her already filled cup of pressure. Her mind seemed to explode about thinking on ways how to deal with her problems.

"Cassandra! Have you told your father-in-law about the penalty? The amount is just a drop in the bucket for him! What's the matter with you? Aren't you going to do something? Your father's trial is going to start next month!"

Edith said furiously over the phone. Her voice was full of impatience.

"Mom. I know. I will seek Horace's help when I get a chance,"

Cassandra lied to console Edith, knowing that if she said that Horace didn't want to be involved in the issue at all might break Edith down.

"Cassandra! We can't wait any longer! You're our only hope for your dad!"

Edith whimpered anxiously. Her persistence annoyed Cassandra very much.

"I'll figure this out, mom. Don't worry."

Cassandra felt more disconcerted when hanging up the phone. She opened the office windows and the cold wind blew on her pale face. The chill made her shivered but helped her feel more rational.

At that moment, Victor walked in and was surprised at the sight of Cassandra by the window. He thought, 'What's this… Doesn't Manager Qin feel cold by keeping the window open in a winter day?'

"Victor, what's the matter?"

Cassandra asked. She knew it would be something about Rufus. She assumed he wanted to see her.

"Mr. Luo wanted to see you in his office when you're available. He said he wanted to talk to you about your father."

Rufus would send Victor to her office every time he wanted to see her. He never called, and Cassandra had been used to it.

"Okay. I'll be right there in a minute. I just finished the design draft and I need to recheck it now. I will show it to him later."

Cassandra replied, noticing that Victor was still standing by the door.

He was looking out of the window. It seemed that he had found something there.

The Design Department was on the third floor of the Tang Group Building, from there everything outside could be seen.

Victor's eyes narrowed as he saw Stella in front of the building gate. She was messing with a strange man.

Stella was trying to shake that man's hand off her, but that he grabbed her hand again. It seemed that she was arguing with him about something and she looked very upset.

Seeing this, Cassandra sighed, "I guess he's the man who has been chasing after Stella. She is very annoyed but she can't get rid of him. I bet he must take advantage of the time when Stella was out for lunch to approach her."

Cassandra walked to the desk, picked up the phone and dialed Stella's number.

She had used this trick with Stella before. She would call to say they needed her to come back to the office immediately because of a business emergency. Then Stella would escape from him because the security guard at the gate would not allow him to get in.

With her ear on the phone, she was startled when she suddenly saw a black shadow from the corner of her eye. As she raised her head, she found that she was alone in her office. Victor was nowhere to be found.

'Huh? Wasn't Victor here just now? When did he go out? Why didn't I hear him close the door?' She asked herself.

Cassandra was confused and had no idea what had happened. Out of her instincts, she looked out of the window. Shivers crept down her spine as the cold wind blew inside.

While holding the phone on her ear and waiting for Stella to answer. She scanned the vicinity and froze at what she was seeing outside.