A Graduation Gift novel Chapter 78

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.

Horace thought that Cassandra was finding an excuse to escape. But his disappointment was gone once he realized that it would be very difficult for Cassandra to accept the fact that Ivy would be around.

In a sarcastic tone, Jill said, "Well, she is aware that she can't give birth to a child. I guess she is too ashamed to face us."

However, Lionel didn't find Jill's words funny. Instead he found it extremely harsh. He never had sex with Cassandra so he knew why she wasn't pregnant yet. Therefore, when Jill accused Cassandra of being infertile, he had an urge to defend her.

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

Horace, on 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 difficulty, he controlled himself and glared at Jill.

Ivy detected the helpless look on Horace's and Lionel's face. It was shown only for a few seconds, but her powerful eyes noticed them. This made her realize how important her child was.

Her child meant a great deal to the Tang family which was why even Horace and Lionel feared her.

Knowing her status in the family, Ivy easily 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 servants work. Besides, she ordered the chef to cook all kinds of nutritious meals for her.

But when she was with Jill, her attitude seemed completely different. There was no pride but only love for Jill.

Jill was a big fan of jade. Ivy once asked someone to go abroad to buy raw jade for Jill and later asked an expert to engrave it, making a whole set of jade accessories. They were delicate and had great design.

"Auntie, this is for you!"

When Horace wasn't at home, Ivy seized the opportunity and presented Jill with this delicate and beautiful jewelry box.

Jill opened the box. 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.

Jill looked at Ivy and thought about Cassandra who seldom talked to her. Deep down she felt Ivy was much better than Cassandra. Sadly, she wished that Ivy was her daughter-in-law.

Besides, Jill 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 great familiarity.

Jill 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 life, it was hard for them to follow the fashion trend.

But Ivy was different. She would buy clothes released on the Fashion Week and gift them to Jill as soon as they came out.