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 stilly beside her pillow. Cassandra turned on her side and looked up at its ssy 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 toe 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 waspletely 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 ident to set her up and rece 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? Rx. 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 rxed, her eyeszily 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 thepany would be a total mess in her absence.


    "The detention house must have been dreadful, isn''t it? But I must say, you weremendable! 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 ident 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 viin.


    "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 rtionship 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 dested 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 exnation; 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 nce over but couldn''t figure out what she was talking


    about.


    Her doubtful face made Ivyugh. 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 softughter.


    "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 itter.


    That only made Ivyugh harder. She flung her legs on the armrest of the couch and caressed her hair,


    fully rxed.


    "Amanda told me that those were sent by Rufus. Back in the days when they were lovers, Rufus sent


    her a lot of things rted to unicorns."


    As she had expected, Cassandra''s face turned pale. She couldn''t help but disy sheer joy and pride


    at having achieved that.


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    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 bbergasted


    face.


    "But I''m surprised to see you with a unicorn. Does Rufus send unicorns to every woman he ims to


    love? I must say, he''s really good at this!"


    Ivy continuedughing. 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, ring at her with


    squinting eyes.


    The hatred Ivy felt for Cassandra had been umting over time, and now it had ked, looking at


    her frozen like that.


    Finally, giving onest 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.