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‘Even in my last life, when Martin and Heidi brainwashed me into kissing Amelia’s ass, I hated every second of it. I even used to curse the universe for not making Amelia a guy, or it would’ve saved me the pain of having to dress like a guy’
The truth was, Cameron kind of couldn’t stand Amelia. However, Amelia was way full of herself to notice that.
Skyler beat Amelia to ask, “Then what are you trying to say?”
Cameron replied flatly, “I’m about to cut ties with the Wallaces, so there’s no need to cancel the engagement. It’s their thing You wanna break it off? Take it up with them. Don’t bother me. Got it?”
Amelia asked in confusion, “Cut ties with them? Why?”
“That’s none of your business,” Cameron said, not even blinking.
Amelia just stared at Cameron, like she was still processing those words.
Skyler scoffed, “What a load of crap. Amy, he’s obviously just stalling it.”
She turned around and gave Cameron a look of pure contempt. “Face it, Cameron, you’re still playing that stupid hard-to-get game. If you wanna be with Amy, then do as I say.
“Give me the photos of Elijah as I asked. Do that, and Amy will go on a date with you. So, are you taking the photos or not?”
As she talked, Skyler was winking like crazy at Amelia.
‘Guess we’re sticking with the original plan, Amelia thought to herself, her lips pressed into a thin line.
Amelia didn’t agree with Skyler’s idea at first. All she wanted was to cancel the engagement but not completely humiliate
Cameron.
But the SATs were right around the corner, and no matter what she said, she was still Cameron’s fianc?e on paper. She couldn’t just walk away even though she didn’t admit the engagement herself.
Now, since Cameron wasn’t willing to play nice, she’d use whatever tools she had. She didn’t deny what Skyler said. Cameron gave Amelia a slow, amused look. “So let me guess-you want me to sneak photos of Elijah, then you’ll twist it like I’m some creep obsessed with him. That way, you’ve got a ‘real’ reason to cancel the engagement and walk away looking clean. Is that your plan?”
Both Amelia and Skyler snapped their heads to look at each other, stunned. They wondered, ‘How the hell does Cameron know the plan? And with that much detail?’
Cameron smirked. “You really thought I’d fall for that?”
Amelia asked with a frown, “Cameron, just tell me what it takes for you to cancel the engagement. You want money, huh? 150 grand? 300? Name your price.”
Amelia was losing her patience. If throwing money at this mess would fix it, she’d love to solve it as soon as possible. After all, her future was worth way more than a couple hundred grand. She didn’t want to waste another second on Cameron. Cameron burst out laughing. “Amelia, are you dense or just deaf? I already told you-go talk to the Wallaces if you want out.” “Get lost,” she spat, turning around and walking back into the classroom.
She thought with a smirk, ‘150 grand? 300? Trying to bribe me, huh? Sure, I like money, but only when I earn it fair and square. Even if Amelia offered me 3 million, I wouldn’t give a damn.’
Amelia stood there wide-eyed, like she’d been slapped. Her mind raced. ‘Did Cameron just tell me to get lost? He even called me deaf and dense?’
She was used to being adored and doted on, and no one had ever dared talk to her like that. Her chest tightened, and her eyes were stinging with tears.
Seeing how shaken Amelia was, Skyler grabbed Cameron’s arm and snapped, “Cameron, apologize to Amy right now. You’ ve gone too far!”
Cameron stared at Skyler’s hand gripping her and chat hack. “You really wanna see what ‘too far’ looks like?”
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Skyler opened her mouth to yell again, “I said apologize-ah!”
Skyler was about to force Cameron to apologize to Amelia, but before she could even finish yelling, her arm suddenly dislocated.
Her entire arm went limp, and her grip on Cameron slipped instantly. A sharp, burning pain shot through her shoulder. It felt so intense that her eyes welled up with tears on the spot. The pain stole her voice completely, making her couldn’t even scream.
She had no clue what Cameron had done to her, but she knew it had to be Cameron since there were only three of them there.
“Skyler? What’s wrong?” Amelia asked. She had been sulking, but Skyler’s sudden yell snapped her out of it.
Skyler was pale as a sheet, her lips trembling, pain written all over her face.
“What did you do to her?” Amelia demanded.
Cameron’s face stayed blank as she replied, “You wanna try it?”
Amelia met Cameron’s cold and sharp eyes, and a chill crept up her spine. She took a step back, uneasy. She mused, What the hell happened to Cameron? She wasn’t like this before.’
“Cameron,” a voice called from down the hall.
Cameron looked up and found it was Xander-and not just him, Elijah was there too.
Cameron turned her gaze back to Skyler, who could barely stand on her feet. She thought, ‘A little reminder to her is enough. She’ll think twice next time.’
With that thought in mind, Cameron raised her hand and gave Skyler’s shoulder a light nudge. There was a faint crack, and Skyler’s dislocated arm snapped back into place.
Skyler blinked her eyes and thought with a confused face, ‘Wait, the pain’s gone? Like, totally gone? What just happened?
“Cameron.” Xander jogged up to Cameron, slightly out of breath.
Cameron looked at him, unsure what made him so flustered.
“Do you have a little sister, Cam?” Xander asked, still catching his breath.
Cameron gave him a quick side-eye and said, “Nope.”
Xander looked surprised. “No? That can’t be right.”
On Friday night, he bumped into a girl who looked almost identical to Cameron.
He asked again, “Then maybe an older sister?”
“Nope,” Cameron answered.
Xander stood there stunned, still feeling hard to believe that.
Cameron didn’t say anything else. She walked back into the classroom like none of it mattered.
Xander looked totally lost.
Amelia stepped up beside him and said, “Hey, Cameron does have a younger sister.”
The Chapman family and the Murphy family had always been close, so she and Xander were pretty familiar with each other.
“I knew it.” Xander clapped his hands, all excited.
‘I knew I wasn’t seeing things. Cameron’s sister is drop-dead gorgeous. Just thinking about her makes my heart race, thought Xander.
After getting the answer he wanted, Xander walked away in a good mood.
Elijah, on the other hand, walked straight into the classroom. Skyler looked at him eagerly, but he didn’t even glance her way.
Skyler’s smile faded after seeing she was totally ignored.
“Let’s go,” Amelia muttered, frowning in frustration.
The whole conversation with Cameron was a disaster-nothing changed, and she’d just ended up humiliated.
Skyler was fuming too. She gritted her teeth ar security footage. She’s gone too far. We’ve gotte The two of them then stormed off, full of rage.
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Elijah sat at his desk, totally zoned out.
After thinking for a long time, he finally sent a message in the class group chat. [I’ll cancel the reward for solving the problems. Thanks everyone for your support.]
He finally decided to give up looking for that person.
Someone whispered, “Aww man, it’s canceled. I was hoping to win 30 grand
Another student replied, “Pfft, you mean you could solve it?”
Someone else laughed. “That’s actually true.”
Cameron heard the chatter. She spun her pen around her fingers without missing a beat, her eyes drifting to Elijah’s silhouette up ahead.
She thought while shaking her head, ‘That guy is so damn stubborn. I already told him the truth, but he just refused to believe it.’
Elijah was quiet the whole evening, clearly in a mood,
Cameron figured she could try once again to tell Elijah the truth. After all, he was the one who took her to the hotel that night when she got drunk.
So, when they were about to go back to the dorm, Cameron quickly caught up to Elijah and called out, “Elijah, hold on