Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
Cameron shot back, “What do you mean by ‘her name is Milena too’? She IS Milena. You used to follow me home all the time just to see her. You’re saying you don’t know her?”
Xander was completely stunned. He stared at Cameron, frozen like someone had hit pause on him.
Xander wondered, ‘What? This plain-looking woman is Milena? She’s actually Cameron’s sister?
‘Then who was that girl I saw before, the one who looked almost exactly like Cameron? And who was the girl I’ve been chatting with on WhatsApp?’
Xander’s mind was a total mess. His brain just crashed. He just stared at Cameron, not even blinking once.
After getting exposed in front of everyone, Milena’s face turned from pale to livid. Clutching her phone, she said, “Uh, this isn’t my problem anymore, right? I can leave now, can’t I?”
She needed to get out of here fast before Xander decided to come after her.
As soon as she finished speaking, Milena tried to slip away.
“Stop right there.” Cameron moved in a flash, blocking her path.
“What do you want?” Milena glared at Cameron.
Cameron’s face was ice-cold. “You took my drafts and submitted them as your own. Care to explain?”
Cameron scoffed inwardly, ‘She really thought she could just walk away? If only it were that easy!
Milena stammered, “What’s there to explain? It was just a mix-up, okay? I was trying to help you, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. My intentions were good, right? Are you seriously blaming me for this?”
Cameron said, “Milena, guess what? I had Xander send you my drafts on purpose, and I even told you I was entering the design competition. I just didn’t think you’d actually be dumb enough to submit it.”
Milena’s eyes instantly went wide. She jabbed a finger at Cameron, stammering, “You… You., Cameron, you did this on purpose. 700 set me up
Cameron shot back, “Well, who told you to be so dumb and walk right into it?”
It wasn’t just Milena who was floored. Even Xander was frozen in shock. William and Leanne were just as stunned.
At first, they all thought this was just a simple plagiarism case. But in reality, Cameron had masterminded the whole thing from the start.
William stared at Cameron in disbelief. “Kid, what on earth is going on here?”
Cameron explained, “Mr. Drake, she’s my adoptive parents’ daughter. Ever since we were little, she wanted to take anything that was mine away.
“She and Xander are friends on WhatsApp, and since I used to share a dorm with Xander, she used him to dig up info about me.
“One day, I caught Xander secretly taking pictures of my drafts, so I decided to play along. I let him snap pictures and send them to her, and I even let it slip that I was planning to submit those designs.
“She didn’t let me down. She immediately claimed my sketches as her own and submitted them under her name.
“If I hadn’t caught Xander in the act, she would’ve stolen my real designs and passed off all my hard work as hers.”
After hearing Cameron out, William’s face turned grim as he glared at Milena. “You have no shame. You’re a disgrace to Langford Academy.”
Tears rolled down Milena’s pale cheeks. “Cameron, how could you be so vicious? Are you trying to ruin me?”
Cameron shot back, “Aren’t you the one who was vicious first? If you hadn’t tried to pull this stunt, you wouldn’t have fallen for it.”
Milena was shaking with rage. She wanted nothing more than to leap at Cameron and tear her apart.
But Cameron was five feet nine, while she was only five feet three. Physically, Milena was no match for Cameron.
Milena’s eyes blazed with hatred as she glared at Cameron.
Leanne turned to Cameron. “So, you just said you had your real draft. Did you actually submit it?”
Cameron nodded. “Of course.”
Leanne asked, “Can I get your name?”
Cameron’s sketch of Eric’s work was so lifelike that when Leanne first found it among the submissions, she was stunned, and she even thought it was
Eric’s own work.
“C,” Cameron replied.
“What?” Leanne thought she’d misheard.
Cameron explained, “I submitted under the name ‘C.””
Leanne instantly lit up. “So you’re C. It’s such a pleasure to finally meet you.”
The winner of the design competition had already been decided-it was the competitor named C.
They had planned to announce the champion after sorting out Milena’s situation.
Leanne never expected to run into C here and was surprised to find out C was actually a high school student.
This competition was on a global scale. There were plenty of professional contestants in the mix. Leanne didn’t anticipate a high schooler wo taking the top prize.
Leanne warmly offered her hand, and Cameron took it, replying, “Nice to meet you.”
“May I ask your name?” Leanne asked.
Cameron replied, “Cameron Wallace.”
Leanne beamed. “Mr. Wallace, your work is truly outstanding.”
“Thank you.” Cameron nodded.
Leanne was momentarily at a loss for words, thinking, ‘Wow, talk about a chilly response. I usually don’t hand out compliments so easily. Even Enc can’t stop raving about her works.’
William glanced at Milena, then at Leanne, and finally at the stunned Xander. “So, how are we going to handle this?”
Leanne said, “Mr. Drake, I think the one who plagiarized is Milena. She didn’t just copy-she stole, too.
“If Mr. Wallace wants, he can go ahead and sue Milena. I can testify as a witness.
“And Mr. Drake, I hope you’ll make a school-wide announcement criticizing Milena for this terrible behavior.”
William nodded. “She’ll be publicly criticized and expelled.”
He turned to Cameron. “Little one, do you want to press charges? If you do, the school’s legal team can help you for free.”
That was the last straw for Milena-she completely broke down.
She shouted, “It’s not my fault. I didn’t do anything wrong. Cameron set me up. It’s all her fault.”
Cameron scoffed, “Still refusing to admit your mistakes, huh? Alright, Mr. Drake, I’ll take you up on the legal team’s help.”
If Milena apologized, Cameron might have considered letting it slide and taking the high road.
But with Milena acting so stubborn and unrepentant, Cameron had to see this through to the end.
Hearing that, Milena bolted outside like she’d lost her mind.
“It wasn’t me. It wasn’t me! You can’t arrest me,” she screamed.
No one knew where she went after she ran out-she just disappeared.
The school made an announcement about Milena’s actions and expelled her.
Cameron went through the official process and sued Milena, but since the court couldn’t track down Milena, the case had to be put on hold for now.
Seeing Milena run off, Cameron said, “Mr. Drake, I guess there’s nothing else I need to do here, right?”
She thought it was time for her to leave.
William nodded. “Nope, you’re good. Go back to class.”
William mused, ‘Thankfully, it was just a false alarm. I’ve always known Cameron would never do something so foolish.
Cameron glanced at Xander, who was still standing there like a statue, and gave him a shove. “Are you frozen or something?”
Cameron finished speaking, nodded at Leanne, and walked out of the office.
After the shove, Xander snapped him out of his daze. Right after, Xander rushed out after Cameron.
“Little… Cameron,” Xander shouted.
He yelled so loud that his voice was almost breaking. His shout even echoed down the hallway.
Cameron frowned and turned back. “Can’t you keep it down? It’s class time.”
