om was deafening. Cassandra rolled down the stairs, soon to hit bottom. The sigh

cene had robbed

stared at her with their mouths agape. Cassandra landed with a thump. Only when she stopped rolling and lay still on the floor did the pain hit her hard. She grimaced at the sharp sting that settled in her muscle and bo

l voice. Her entire body hurt. She cursed inwardly at the humiliation of it all, feeling everybody's stares on her. Sensing that so

you o

y on the floor, groaning in pain. The corners of his mouth twitched in amusement, but he held back and didn't l

d been so angry before, stopped arguing and stepped aside, watching the scene in front of

again?' he wondered as dis

shocked everyone p

cat stuck in a tree. He pulled her closer into his arms and all of a sudden the clean, fre

ars would she have imagined Rufus would do so

o looked at them with unabashed interest. Rufus had actually picked her up from the floor in front of these many people. Everybody looked scandalized. Mortified, C

g between them was palpable as they breathed each other in. As their senses took ov

er mouth parted in vain, and her brain seemed to have stopped functioning altogether. The pain in her body pulled her out

needs to get to the

arp -- the kind that made everybody want to obey him. He scanned the shocked

over to Rufus while simultaneously waving one hand to the butler, g

are you all

yes. He didn't understand how she could have fallen down the

hurt too much to reply. She was positive that her body was injured, but she was in sound mind

ll Cassandra knew was that she didn't want to open her eyes. She could keep pretending s

's feeling faint. I am ta

a small, hidden smirk. He could tell th

ut loud. She was an interesting woman indeed

ig deal to him. Besides, he could always ask her to repay him in the future. She would

orward to block his path. Lionel, who had been the silent spectator all this while, sto

Why do you care a