Chapter 226 He Woke Up, But She Was Not There (Part Two)


    Amanda eagerly expressed, wanting Rufus to understand her devotion. The reason behind Rufus''s


    ident was known to Amanda. ''I hold Cassandra responsible for it! While he was driving the car, she


    called him saying she wanted to break up. If it wasn''t for that wretched woman, my Rufus wouldn''t be in


    this condition, '' she thought angrily.


    Amanda had done everything to her best ability in order to undermine their rtionship. She


    deliberately made Cassandra misunderstand her rtionship with Rufus. It seemed that her n was


    finally bearing fruit. Thinking of that, a feeling of joy rose in her heart.


    Hearing Amanda''s mention of Cassandra, Rufus once again felt a sharp pain.


    It evoked the recollection of what had happened right before his ident. Adamantly, Cassandra


    proposed to break up with him. She seemed so determined to break ties with him that she handed him


    the key of Garden Vi.


    Her aloof attitude aggrieved him. He was struck by the knowledge that Cassandra would give up on


    their love so easily. However, he still didn''t want Amanda to fill the void left by Cassandra. He couldn''t


    possibly love Amanda or any other woman the way he loved Cassandra.


    "Amanda, stop acting so childish. You very well know that the woman I love isn''t you. I consider you as


    my sister. Then why are you wasting your time trying to please me? It will never happen!"


    Rufus said trying to add some sense into Amanda''s mind. Slowly, he tried to pull his hands free from


    Amanda''s grip, but he was too feeble to do it.


    "Rufus, I love you from the bottom of my heart. It pains me when you behave so coldly. Nothing you


    say or do will bring any change to my feelings. I will never give up on you, unlike Cassandra,"


    Amanda said emotionally and fixated her tear-filled eyes on Rufus''s face.


    "Amanda, please don''t hurt yourself for my sake. I don''t deserve you,"


    Rufus replied with a sigh. Amanda was too persistent. No matter what he said, she wouldn''t take no for


    an answer. She continued with her pursuit on winning Rufus.


    While this scene was going on, Cassandra also reached the hospital. Earlier she went home, took a


    shower and changed into new clothes. While she did these tasks, not once could she take her mind off


    Rufus. It was impossible for her to sleep as she felt ill at ease knowing Rufus was still unconscious.


    Anxiously, she approached the door of the inpatient ward. Just when she was about to push the door


    open, she heard muffled conversation between two people.


    Through the crack of the door, she noticed Rufus was awake. This led her to be overjoyed with


    pleasure. She had an ardent desire to sprint inside and hug him tightly. In the past two days, she had


    eagerly waited to confess how much she loved him. Suddenly, she noticed the person sitting next to


    him. ''It''s Amanda!'' Realization suddenly dawned on her.


    Shey wrapped around on Rufus''s body. Even with themotion in the hospital, Cassandra could


    hear her stifled cries.


    "Rufus, don''t try to convince me anymore. It doesn''t matter if you are with Cassandra or not, my


    feelings for you will remain the same. If you don''t love me, its okay but please don''t stop me from loving


    you. That''s something my heart isn''t willing to do. I wish you nothing but a healthy and happy life. I''m


    satisfied with the rtionship we''re currently in. I wish no more..."


    Amanda sobbed. She looked very fragile in this condition.


    "My stupid girl,"


    Rufusforted gently, wiping away her tears. Amanda loved him deeply. He couldn''t be so tough to


    her. Besides, she was seriously ill. He didn''t want to see her so sad.


    Cassandra froze at their conversation. Right at this moment, she felt like someone had flung ice cold


    water on her.


    Slowly, she moved back and didn''t stop until her back thudded with the wall. She let out a small shriek


    from the pain.


    ''How stupid am I! I stayed by his side and did everything possible to bring him back. I even called out


    his name a million times and confessed my love. However, it made no difference.


    And now Amanda came here to spend a few seconds. In this short duration, she woke him. Does this


    mean their connection is deeper?'' wondered Cassandra. The image of the two wouldn''t fade out of her


    mind.


    "Satisfied with the rtionship they are currently in..." Cassandra''s mind reyed this dialogue uttered


    by Amanda. She spected the meaning of this line.


    "Rufus, you told me you have nothing to do with Amanda. Now Amanda admits that you''re in a


    rtionship. Why did you lie to me?" Cassandra murmured painfully as she looked at them being so


    intimate.


    She felt stupid for being so deeply in love with him. In thest two days, she sat beside him with her


    eyes wide open. She wanted to ensure she would be there waiting for him when he woke up.


    Now she overheard him saying words of love to another woman. Her heart broke into a million pieces.


    While she was drowning in her misfortune, she heard footsteps and familiar sound of conversation from


    the other end of the corridor. She turned her head and found people from Tang family were proceedingTêxt ? N?velDrama.Org.


    towards the ward. Quickly, she ran to the balcony at the end of the corridor and hid herself.


    Horace with Jill and Lionel with Ivy came toward Rufus''s ward all arm in arm to pay him their visit.


    "Rufus, how are you feeling now?"


    Horace promptly asked in a considerate tone. Suddenly, his eyes fell on Amanda.


    In the past, Rufus had been cold towards Amanda. Now it seemed that their rtionship was


    developing slowly. Horace was delighted with this knowledge.


    Rufus didn''t want to show his weakness in front of Tang family. He forced his aching body to sit up.


    "I''m fine...this is just a minor damage,"


    Rufus said feigning to have strength. The pain at his injured leg was killing him, but he gritted his teeth


    to stop himself from showing.


    "I''m d to hear that. Take good care of yourself. Lionel will be here to keep you up to date about our


    business. But Rufus, you are always so prudent. I don''t understand how you could have had a car


    ident in such a remote ce!"


    Horace had no idea about Rufus''s ownership of Garden Vi. He was wondering why he was there.


    "I was on the phone with a client and got distracted,"


    Rufus exined nonchntly. He didn''t want to push this topic further.


    Suddenly, it urred to him that he got a paper from his assistant before the ident.


    "Pay attention to Dawn Star Group. Rumors have it they areing up with a big n."