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“Wait,” Milena blurted. “There’s one more thing.”
Elijah paused.
Milena hesitated and then said, “Since you’re so close with Cam…do you think you could help introduce our family business to the Moore family? You know, help us start something together.”
Elijah looked at her once, said nothing, and walked back into the classroom.
Milena knew there was no chance Cameron would come out.
No point embarrassing herself any further.
Besides, class was about to start. She still had to get back in time.
Inside, Elijah returned to his seat.
Cameron looked over. “What did she say?”
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“Unbelievable. They really have no shame.”
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It was bad enough they were banking on her to pull in a million. But now they wanted to use her to cory up to the Woche family?
The Moore family-one of the most powerful names in all of Viremont?
“What a delusional little scheme.’
Another message popped up from Elijah. Elijah: [What’s your take on the whole Skyler thing?!
Cameron glanced at him with a flicker of gratitude and typed back.
Cameron: [Elijah, first of all, thank you. I can’t believe you actually cut ties between your company and the Youngs over this ideally appreciate it but you didn’t have to. If it causes any negative impact on your family’s business, it’s not worth it.]
Elijah: [It won’t. Don’t worry about me.]
Cameron stared at the message.
‘It won’t?’
That was impossible.
The Youngs and Moores had been working together for years. Breaking off that partnership would absolutely create ripple effects.
The Moore family couldn’t be immune to that.
A new message came in. Elijah: [Do you want me to help smooth things over with your dad?]
Cameron’s expression immediately darkened. “No. Absolutely not,” she said out loud. “If you do, I’ll consider you my enemy.”
Elijah looked at her like she’d lost her mind.
‘Enemy? If anything, helping would bring our families closer.*
Elijah: [What do you mean?]
Cameron hesitated for a second. Cameron: [I’ve already severed all ties with them. We’re not family anymore.]
Elijah: [!!]
Elijah’s mind went blank.
The words hit him like a blow to the chest, and for a second, he felt his heart clench with something he couldn’t quite name.
‘Severed ties? What have they done to push things that far? No wonder Cameron has been so cold toward Milena. And yet…the Wallace family to him like parasites. gs
Elijah looked over at her, eyes unreadable.
Was it pity? Anger? He wasn’t sure
Then he teached out and gently placed a hand on her shoulder
A quiet, wordless comfort.
Cameron smiled faintly, brushing it off. I’m line, Elijsh. Restly. Let’s just leave
Martin and Heidi’s little plan? It was already dead in the exten
Truth be told, Cameron didn’t think it had to go as far as cutting ties between the Moore and Young families.
But now, if she tried to step in and mend things, her so-called “family” would be the one to benefit.
She wasn’t going to let them profit from her.
As for whatever losses the Moore family might take….
She’d make up for them one day, when her pharmaceutical company was up and running
Elijah nodded. “Alright.”
Cameron smiled. “Thanks. I guess I owe you another dinner.”
Elijah’s lips curved slightly. “Looking forward to it.”
The bell rang, and they both tucked their phones away without another word.
Three days passed.
Nothing changed on Cameron’s end.
The Young family, meanwhile, had started pestering Martin for updates. Martin, keeping up appearances, played hard to get. And the Youngs didn’t dare push him too far-they still believed he had influence over Cameron.
So Martin turned around and pressured Milena instead.
After all, she was the only one in the family who could still approach Cameron.
But even Milena found it nearly impossible.
Xander had practically attached himself to Cameron lately, following her around under the excuse of needing tutoring.
Cameron, meanwhile, had made a small fortune-over 100 thousand-off his “lessons.”
Eventually, word got around to Mark. He finally learned the truth-Martin and Cameron were not on good terms. They had even signed a formal document severing their legal parent-child relationship.
Only then did Mark realize-he’d been barking up the wrong tree.
So when Mark suddenly appeared in front of Cameron one afternoon, she was more than a little surprised.
It was a quiet Saturday afternoon.
Cameron was at home, tutoring Xander as usual, while Elijah sat nearby, reading.
Elijah had officially moved into the unit next door earlier that week.
They’d gone from school roommates to neighbors in just a few days.
Austin was the only one missing from their usual group today.
Bradley, meanwhile, had been swamped with work and hadn’t shown up at all.
Xander and Elijah, like they’d planned it, showed up right after breakfast and parked themselves in Cameron’s living room without so much as an invitation.
Cameron sighed but still let them in politely.
Halfway through the session, Cameron’s phone rang. It was a call from the building’s security gate. Apparently, a “Mr. Young” was at the entrance asking to see her.
Mark had introduced himself as Skyler’s father.
Cameron didn’t hesitate. “I’m busy,” she said bluntly, not wanting to talk about the post thing at all.
Mark, however, had already taken over the call. “Cameron, I’m sorry to bother you,” he said in a calm, almost apologetic tone.
“I’m Skyler’s father. I know my daughter made some big mistakes, and I’d really like to apologize to you in person. Just a few minutes of your time- would that be alright?”
“I said I’m busy,” Cameron replied, her voice cold.
