Rufus crouched on the sofa the whole night. Early the next morning, he bathed his face with cold water
and then was ready to head for the company. He was surprised, however, when he turned around to
leave. Amanda got up from her bed and stood at the door of the restroom.
"Are you leaving, Rufus?"
pretending to be so meek and innocent, Amanda asked Rufus, her beautiful eyes looking at him and
her lips puckering slightly.
"I'm going to work,"
Rufus wiped the water dry on his face and answered briefly.
"Will you come back here and accompany me after work? Please!"
With frowned eyebrows and expectant eyes, Amanda crossed her fingers and put her hands by the
chest, praying.
Hesitant for a while, Rufus finally nodded to agree.
Seeing his gesture of showing agreement, Amanda smiled immediately. Her face was like flowers
blossoming in the live spring, beautiful and sweet.
Unexpectedly, she tiptoed to leave a soft kiss on Rufus's face and then turned around, ran to her bed,
and covered her whole body with the quilt shyly.
Astonished, Rufus was stunned by her act. He remembered that this happened once in the past.
They were still young back at that time when Rufus was trained in the Dark Night Group. One day
when Amanda was sick and stayed at home, Rufus went to her room to pay her a visit. He sat beside
the bed and chatted with her.
Similarly, Amanda kissed him so unexpectedly and then covered herself with the quilt. He was annoyed
because she 'attacked' him unexpectedly, yet amused by her cute behavior.
In his mind, Rufus could still remember how Amanda was like that time. However, everything changed.
Now, she was no longer the innocent girl and he didn't love her anymore. Rufus sighed with a heavy
heart. He shook his head to stop himself from thinking about the past and then walked out of the room.
With Rufus gone, Amanda removed the quilt and sat up. With careful hands, she picked up the pinhole
camera in the fruit basket by the bedside table. An evil smile appeared on her face.
What happened just now was well recorded by the camera, the picture of how she and Rufus behaved
intimately. She was desperate and excited to show it to Cassandra.
Her wild reverie was interrupted when a doctor wearing a white coat entered the room. Amanda
stopped smiling straightaway.
"Doctor, is everything done?"
Raising her head a bit, Amanda asked and looked at the doctor disdainfully.
"Yes. I replaced your sample with the one from a real patient. The result will definitely be positive."
The doctor's face was pale. He was obviously nervous facing Amanda. He was constantly rubbing his
hands together in front of his body.
"I'll send you the other half of the money to your wife's account when it's done. Keep your mouth shut
up. Am I clear?"
Giving the doctor her promise and warning, Amanda waved her hand, indicating that he should leave.
After the doctor was gone, a strange smile appeared on her face.
'Cassandra, your man, Rufus, is indeed a perfect man. I don't want to let him go, never will, ' murmured
Amanda silently.
She came up with her perfect plan to fake her illness in order to make Rufus attend to her for a longer
time. What would Cassandra feel if her boyfriend always stayed with another woman? Amanda was
sure that an independent woman like Cassandra would never be happy about it. Gradually, problems
and conflicts would arise between them. When that day came, all she needed to do would just be
sensible and considerate to Rufus and then she would win Rufus's heart back again.
She was Amanda, and she would do whatever to win Rufus's love.
On the other hand, there was another thing she must do now. She had to find herself someone strong
to protect her from that mischievous man. He was such an evil and insidious man, and Amanda could
sense his scent lingering. She knew that he was just at bay and was getting closer to her.
After she finished her work and went back home, Cassandra stared at her phone for a long time,
hesitating whether she should make a call to Rufus or send him a message to ask about his
whereabouts.
She never dared contact him since he was gone last night. Cassandra felt as if a stone was pressing
upon her heart. She was restless and worried somehow.
All day, she had been thinking about how to get along with Rufus when she thought of the fact that he
had spent another night with Amanda.
She wanted to be cruel-hearted and leave him. But she didn't have the stomach to do that because she
was unable to deny her feelings for him.
Her heart was broken at the thought of the possibility of them being apart. It hurt so much that she
could hardly breathe.
With a bitter smile on her face, Cassandra took the heart of pride and sent him a message.
"Will you come here for dinner tonight? I'll make you some fish soup."
After the message was delivered, Cassandra waited anxiously. She was uncertain what Rufus would
reply.
To her surprise, the reply came in an instant. Her phone vibrated. Cassandra unlocked the screen to
check the message at once.
"In the hospital. Have dinner yourself."
Depressed upon reading this message from Rufus, Cassandra heaved a desolate sigh.
She rarely offered to invite him to come and had believed that he would accept her offer. However, his
reply was out of her expectation.
'To the hospital? Would he stay with Amanda again?'
Questions lingered on Cassandra's thoughts silently. She couldn't understand why Amanda would stay
in the hospital for such a long time. Yes, she fainted away and needed to be looked after. But this long?
That was just unbelievable that she didn't recover after spending so many days in the hospital. Rufus
was keeping her accompany day and night. Obviously, he was taking care of her like what a boyfriend
would do to his girlfriend. But why didn't Rufus explained things to her? He was supposed to enlighten
her why he preferred to stay with Amanda than her.
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