Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
But he was so over the moon, he totally forgot to get Vicki’s number.
It wasn’t until Vicki was lying in bed that she realized – she’d forgotten to ask Eddie if he had a girlfriend.
‘What if I get too close to Eddie, and his girlfriend minds?’ She couldn’t help but worry.
That evening, Vicki asked her brother Baron Shaw about Eddie.
“Who?” Baron’s handsome face took on a serious expression.
Vicki gripped her fork tightly and replied, “Eddie Saunders, the fourth master of the Saunders family.”
Baron frowned. “Vicki, Eddie is a jerk. You should stay away from him.”
“What?” Vicki was shocked.
“A jerk? Eddie always seems so suave and charming. How could he be a jerk?’ she thought to herself.
Baron continued speaking, “The Saunders family is fine, except for him. Eddie is a total playboy. Vicki, if you ever run into him again, just ignore him.”
‘Oh my god! I can’t believe it!’ Vicki thought, shocked all over again.
‘A playboy?!
‘Eddie is actually a playboy?
‘He doesn’t look like a playboy at all…’
Vicki finished her dinner without much appetite and headed back to her room.
Before she knew it, she had opened her laptop and typed Eddie’s name into the search bar.
Information about Eddie popped up immediately.
Sure enough, that incident with Eddie had made headlines.
After that, Eddie fell into a deep depression.
The Saunders family had eventually paid a hefty sum to have all the news entries wiped from the Internet.
So all Vicki ever saw was the best side of Eddie.
Vicki leaned over her laptop.
She couldn’t find anything.
But there was no reason for Baron to lie to her.
She knew Baron cared about her more than anyone.
She’d better keep her distance from Eddie from now on.
Eddie called Bradley back in high spirits.
But Bradley was watching a movie with Cameron and didn’t answer him.
Later that night, while Eddie was at his grandfather’s place bickering with Damian, Bradley’s call came through.
Eddie looked at Damian, completely speechless. “Dame, I know you spent a fortune on the wedding and you’re probably broke now, but seriously, how could you try to squeeze money out of me?”
Damian didn’t bother with small talk. “So you’re refusing to pay?”
Eddie blinked and said, “Yes.”
Damian said with a smile, “If you won’t give it to me, I’ll just go ask your precious Vicki instead.”
“Oh my god!’ Eddie screamed inside his head.
Damian smiled, “I’ll go ask her tomorrow.”
Eddie immediately caved. “Alright, alright, you win. I’ll give it to you.”
Damian tapped his phone. “I’ll be waiting.”
Eddie immediately sent the money. “I’ve sent it.”
Damian said happily, “Thanks, Eddie. If you ever have another sweet deal like this, remember to call me.”
Eddie shouted, “Get lost!”
Damian smiled slightly. Why? Because Eddie had spoken more today than he had in the entire past year. Ever since that incident, Eddie had changed completely – withdrawn, quiet, and cold toward everything.
But today, for the first time in a long while, he seemed to come alive again. If nothing went wrong, Vicki would become his salvation.
Eddie was still a bit sore about the 6,000 dollars he just lost when Bradley’s call came through.
“Eddie, I want to get my memories back,” Bradley said straight to the point.
Eddie said speechlessly, “Brad, didn’t I already tell you that’s not happening?”
Bradley asked, “Eddie, is it that you just can’t pull it off, or what?”
Eddie let out a helpless sigh and replied, “Brad, it’s not about whether I can or can’t. The risk is just too high. It’s only half a year’s worth of memories that got wiped – it’s really not that big of a deal.”
Bradley disagreed, saying, “No, Eddie, it means a lot to me.”
Yeah, it was just six months.
Six months- it’s not that long, but it’s not exactly short, either.
But those six months were when Cameron fell for him.
That’s why he wanted to remember every little detail from those days they spent together.
It mattered to Bradley. A lot.
Eddie sighed, “Brad, I know you want to remember everything about Cameron, but if the hypnosis goes wrong, you will lose your mind. You might end up in a psych ward. Do you really think you and Cameron would still have a future then?”
Bradley insisted asking, “But what if it works?”
Eddie was speechless.
After a long silence, Eddie finally said, “Brad, is it really worth risking everything for this? Aren’t you and Cameron happy together right now? Why get so caught up in the past when you two still have such a bright future ahead?”
Bradley said, “Alright, Eddie. I get it.”
He hung up and immediately dialed Camilla.
Camilla answered almost right away.
“Hey, Brad,” she greeted him.
“Camilla,” Bradley got straight to the point, “I know you’ve studied psychology. Do you know how to hypnotize someone? I mean, deep hypnosis.”
Camilla was a little surprised. “Brad, I do know a little about hypnosis, but why do you ask?”
Bradley said, “Camilla, I want to recover the memories that were erased from my mind back then. Can you help me with that?”
Camilla replied, “There are risks, Brad.”
Camilla had only learned about all this from Eric Saunders after Bradley came home and announced he was going to marry into the Yates family.
Bradley asked, “Even you can’t guarantee it?”
Camilla replied, “Brad, everything comes with risks. You should go with the flow.”
Bradley sighed slightly, “Alright.”
If even Camilla couldn’t pull it off, then he really had no business dreaming about it anymore.
Bradley hung up the phone.
He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, one hand in his pocket, his tall figure reflected in the glass.
‘What a pity,’ he thought.
Although Eddie had told him the general story of his time with Cameron, there were still details – the little moments shared only between them that he would never know. Those memories now belonged to Cameron alone. Fortunately, they still had a beautiful future ahead.
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