A Graduation Gift novel Chapter 194

Ivy might have a tricky mind but that didn't mean she was a woman of wisdom. She was a bit dense that she would even go as far as sacrificing her own son just for driving Cassandra away.

To Amanda, Ivy was a naive woman ready to be used at her disposal.

When Amanda saw that Ivy was deep in meditation, she started the car.

"Ivy, aren't you going to attend the ball? Do you already have something to wear? I can help you. I'll take you to my friend's shop and we can choose a dress for you. Put all your worries aside. What's important is you wear something nice so you can go with Lionel to the ball. You know we women gotta work!"

Amanda played her words with two meanings, which not only stopped Ivy's awful ideas coming out this morning but also drew her over her side.

Not to mention Amanda hated Cassandra too—these were the types of people she wanted to keep in her life!

"Manager Qin, here's the Business Newspaper for today,"

the assistant said as she placed today's newspaper in front of Cassandra —and on the front page was Cassandra's interview from the other day.

"I think they made a mistake..."

the assistant said hesitantly, sneaking a shy glance at Cassandra.

Cassandra grabbed the paper and quickly skimmed through the article and there it was—a quick blurb about Cassandra's personal affairs.

Business Newspaper: Manager Qin, as a business woman, what can you say about love?

Cassandra: Don't look for it. It'll come.

Business Newspaper: Is there someone special in your life right now? Maybe, someone you love?

Cassandra: Yes, I do have a partner right now and I love him very much.

Business Newspaper: Do you have plans to get married?

Cassandra: We haven't talked about that yet.

Business Newspaper: Hoping for the best, Manager Qin.

Cassandra: Thank you so much.

"I don't think there's anything wrong here. What are you talking about?"

Cassandra said in a puzzled tone as she raised her head to look at the assistant. All the questions were pretty standard—nothing impressive or offensive.

The assistant bit her lip and flipped to the next page to show Cassandra another article.

It was the entertainment section and the article was about Lyndsy.

The article was accompanied by a huge photo of Lyndsy's face. The title of the piece was "Best Actress's Boyfriend Was Snaked By A Former Flame! Rumored Woman in Man's Heart said to be 'Two-Faced and Artificial."

The article basically said that Lyndsy had a business colleague who stole her boyfriend. For her own sake, she kept mum about it.

The other woman meanwhile was described as a powerful woman. Although the woman wasn't named, the description matched Cassandra's precisely: a divorcee whose father was in jail. This article could not have been more blatant.

Cassandra merely shrugged it off, a light smile playing on her lips. She was already so used to the rumor that it had already become a joke to her, something to be laughed at.

Cassandra was very aware of what Lyndsy was like and what she'd just gone through. There were so many things going on in her life that every detail of it was being broadcasted everywhere.

"Don't worry about it, this is nothing,"

Cassandra said nonchalantly as she crumpled the newspaper into a ball and threw it in the trash bin.

"But... We have two clients in the middle of a deal who's suddenly refusing to sign the papers. They said they wouldn't sign because your character and values were questionable..."

The assistant wanted to say more but decided against it when she saw the look on Cassandra's face.

"I'm not guilty of anything so I don't need to clean up after myself. You have to stop caring what others think and say of you,"

Cassandra said, consoling the assistant. If she worried about everything going on in her life, she would have died of anxiety by now.

"What about the clients?"

The assistant said in a worried voice.

"I'll handle it. I'll be attending the ball tonight, I can talk to them after."

Cassandra offered to fix the situation so that her assistant wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

Cassandra took a deep breath when she thought of going to the ball—she was going to have to face her industry peers and some higher-ups alone. She needed to be on her best behavior so that she can make the Qin Group look good.

It was a great opportunity and she would be stupid to not take advantage of it.