During his childhood, Cameron had imagined countless times the delicate features of the girl he had in mind, from a cute and lovely little baby to a graceful young lady. And when Selena appeared, that figure he had fantasized countless times finally became a reality.
She was kind, beautiful, intelligent, strong, and dazzling to the point of making people's hearts tremble.
Alfie smiled lightly and walked away.
Cameron stood still for a long time.
Penelope couldn't wait for him any longer and ran out to look for him. She saw Cameron standing alone in the rain and hurriedly ran over. "Cameron, why are you still here? Everyone's waiting anxiously..."
Cameron turned his head and looked at her, his eyes showing some reproach. "You shouldn't have gone to find my brother!"
Penelope's face changed slightly, and she hurriedly defended herself, "Cameron, I did it all for you. You know how capable your brother is. With him, we can't possibly lose to Selena..."
Cameron looked at her deeply. "Yes, with him, we may be able to take back what Selena took from her father. But she will resent the Soo family even more and hate my brother..."
Penelope's face turned pale, but she argued strongly, "But if your brother didn't want to, he could have refused me. He didn't refuse me, did he?"
Cameron looked away from her face and looked at the deep rain curtain beside him. "I don't know what reason you used to persuade him, Penelope, but this time, you really disappointed me."
Penelope suddenly looked sad, with a hint of resentment in her eyes. "Cameron, what do you mean by that? Everything I did was clearly for you..."
Cameron didn't look at her and spoke in a cold tone, "I believe in your feelings for me, but you didn't do these things for me. You did them just to beat Selena."
"To beat her, you ignored my wishes and even acted on your own, involving my family..."
Penelope's lips trembled, and she grabbed his arm, crying sadly, "No, I did it all to be with you. Cameron, why do you have to blame me?"
"I hate Selena! Since she appeared, not only has the Riddle family changed, even you have changed!"
"In the past, no matter what I did, you would always comfort me and feel sorry for me. You never said things like this to me..."
"Did Selena say something to you again? Cameron, don't believe her. That woman is full of tricks. She's trying to get back at me. She has ulterior motives..."
Cameron listened to Penelope's hysterical voice, exhaustion evident in his expression. "Enough! Penelope, the problem isn't with Selena, it's with you! Do you really think I don't know what you've been up to lately?"
Penelope's angry cries abruptly stopped, and she couldn't meet Cameron's gaze.
"I could tolerate all your actions, but you shouldn't involve my brother. You know he's engaged to Selena and he can only marry a Miss from the Turner family. Even if you really did it for my sake, Penelope..." Cameron's hand gently caressed her pale cheek. "Your actions were selfish and made me afraid."
With that, he coldly pushed her hand away and walked off, leaving Penelope alone in the rain. After a moment, she began to sob uncontrollably.
If it weren't for Cassius hounding her like a ghost and demanding the information Callum had left behind, she wouldn't have done those things. It was all Selena's fault. If Selena were dead, Penelope could still maintain her high status and have a great boyfriend who liked her.
After wiping away her tears and swallowing her resentment and grievances, Penelope chased after Cameron.
Meanwhile, Selena and Leia had just left the school gate and saw Osvaldo leaning against his car, apparently waiting for her. Selena suddenly remembered Leia's comment that a man would come to pick her up from school today.
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