A Graduation Gift

Chapter 269 Traces Of Woman (Part One)

Cassandra entered her apartment, extremely exhausted.

The past few days had been torturous for her and had consumed all her energy. Fortunately, she had made out alive. She felt pretty lucky about that.

The unicorn still lay beside her pillow. Cassandra turned on her side and looked up at its glassy eyes.

They seemed gentle and adorable, almost smiling at her. But tonight, Cassandra couldn't reciprocate.

The man who had given her this very unicorn might never be able to come back to her. And from now on, she would have to face the reality alone and undertake everything that followed.

Suddenly, someone knocked on her door. Cassandra knitted her eyebrows at the sound of it. Who could it be, at this hour?

She walked to the door, tying her hair in a loose bun. She peeped through the eyehole and then opened the door instantly.

"Ivy? What are you doing here?"

Cassandra put her guard up immediately, looking at the uninvited visitor standing at her door right now.

"I heard you've been let out. So I came to check up on how everything is going."

Ivy smiled, as if she was completely oblivious to the resistance Cassandra exerted against her.

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine and I'm going to rest now. Thanks again, for dropping by. Bye."

Cassandra tried to end the conversation immediately. When she recalled that Ivy had intentionally designed an accident to set her up and replace her position in the Tang family, she reminded herself to be alert around her, no matter what she said or did.

"What's the hurry? Relax. This is your apartment. I'm your guest. Don't be so nervous."

Ivy reached out to push the door open and entered directly into the living room against Cassandra's wish.

She went straight to sit on the couch. She looked quite relaxed, her eyes lazily moving all over the apartment, scrutinizing.

The only traces around were that of a woman, nothing of a man's. Was she wrong, then? Wasn't Rufus living here with her?

Cassandra had no choice but to let Ivy be, who perhaps didn't realize she was intruding.

"If you have something to say, say it, and then leave because I really need to rest."

Cassandra was exhausted. She didn't have the energy or the will to engage with Ivy or anyone else at the moment. All she wanted was to get some sleep and get up recharged in the morning. She hadn't been able to deal with any business activities of Qin Group since she had gotten detention. She was afraid of the company would become a total mess in her absence.

"The detention house must have been dreadful, isn't it? But I must say, you were commendable! You really dared to push her over the rails! Three freaking floors, for god's sake! You must be addicted to pushing people down. What a freak!"

Ivy had her tongue in her cheek. Not only her words were stingily sarcastic, there was also a touch of a faint sneer on the corner of her lips.

"Ivy, I didn't push you down the stairs. You know that better than anyone. You know how you lost your child!

And as far as this accident is concerned, I've been let out, which means I wasn't guilty. So you better shut up with your nonsense,"

Cassandra said in a cold voice, expressionless.

Since bottom line meant nothing to Ivy, Cassandra's coldness didn't prove to be enough to drive her away. She was still sitting on the couch, looking at Cassandra, smirking like a villain.

"There are many miscarriages in justice. We can't ask every case to be judged right, especially when you are Rufus's woman. He must have exercised a thousand ways to let you out!"

Ivy didn't know about the relationship between Rufus and Michelle, which was why she thought he must have taken help of some of his influential friends to let Cassandra out.

Ivy's words desolated Cassandra. 'Rufus's woman?' She wasn't his woman any more.

"Ivy, I swear! Leave right away and talk this shit with someone else! I haven't got the time."

Cassandra was too tired to dispute over these trifle matters with Ivy. Maybe on some other day, she would have given her an explanation; tonight, she was too done for it.

Ivy sat unaffected, continuing to look around. Her gaze suddenly got stuck at the open bedroom door and her eyes shone brightly.

She saw a white doll at the bedside, a lovely unicorn.

"I would have bought what you're saying if it wasn't for the little cute thing! What a special style!"

Ivy pointed to the bedroom. Cassandra threw a glance over but couldn't figure out what she was talking about.

Her doubtful face made Ivy laugh. She almost sounded like a sick psycho.

"Well, I don't know if you know I am working in Amanda's studio. She loves unicorns. In fact, she has a painting of a unicorn in her office, and a unicorn sculpture on her bookcase. I didn't understand her obsession with it, so one day I asked her. You want to know what she said?"

Ivy posed the question gleefully. Her eyes crinkled with soft laughter.

"It's none of my business."

Cassandra had a bad feeling about this. She thought it was best never to find out rather than sulk about it later. C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.

That only made Ivy laugh harder. She flung her legs on the armrest of the couch and caressed her hair, fully relaxed.

"Amanda told me that those were sent by Rufus. Back in the days when they were lovers, Rufus sent her a lot of things related to unicorns."

As she had expected, Cassandra's face turned pale. She couldn't help but display sheer joy and pride at having achieved that.

In that moment, she knew she had defeated Cassandra. She also felt joyful about having done Amanda a favor. No words could express the happiness she felt at seeing Cassandra's flabbergasted face.

"But I'm surprised to see you with a unicorn. Does Rufus send unicorns to every woman he claims to love? I must say, he's really good at this!"

Ivy continued laughing. The worse Cassandra looked, the happier she felt.

'Oh, Cassandra! Do you feel bad? Do you feel less special? Now that you have found out someone else does possess your precious gift too. Maybe a third girl too?' Ivy thought, glaring at her with squinting eyes.

The hatred Ivy felt for Cassandra had been accumulating over time, and now it had slaked, looking at her frozen like that.

Finally, giving one last snicker of a smile, she stood up and walked to the door. Right before stepping out, she turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, Rufus himself is undertaking Amanda's next concert and it's supported by Tang Group. I bet it will be a blockbuster!" She smirked, shook her head at Cassandra and walked out in style. Cassandra plopped down to the floor the moment the door shut behind her.