Chapter 319
Dead silence. Austin stared at the floor, while Elijah’s jaw was set in a hard line.
“Seriously?” Xander exploded. “You two knew, and Brad did too? I’m the only idiot in the dark? That little jerk…”
Elijah cut him off. “You’re impossible.” What was the point? Xander wasn’t sorry–just mad he’d
been left out.
Without another word, Elijah started to leave, then spun back. “Listen. This stays between us. Cam’s business is his own.” His eyes bored into Xander “Got it?”
Once Elijah was gone, Xander scoffed. “As if I’d blab.”
Austin stepped forward. “Xan, this can’t get out. Promise me.” He jogged after Elijah, leaving Xander alone.
Fuming, Xander flopped onto the steps. He kicked a pebble so hard it skittered across the hallway.
He thought, ‘No wonder Cameron is always broke–cutting ties with the Wallaces meant no more safety net. And his mood swings about Milena make sense now. Suicide? Pathetic.‘
But then he remembered what he had done, and a sick feeling twisted in his gut. He thought, ‘What kind of hell would drive someone tough like him to jump? Last night, the brat must’ve snapped and knocked me out.‘
“Damn it,” Xander groaned, burying his face in his hands. “What a mess I made.”
Truth be told, Xander genuinely liked Cameron–once you forgot he was Milena’s brother. Cameron was seriously talented, and let’s face it–everyone gravitates toward winners. Xander was no different.
But now, realizing he’d hurt Cameron without meaning to, he didn’t know how he could ever look him in the eye again.
“Xander, what’s going on?” Bradley pushed up his gold–rimmed glasses.
He and Cameron had just left the cafeteria when they spotted Xander slumped on the steps, hands over his face, groaning.
Xander’s head shot up. Stunned at the sight of Cameron and Bradley, he was on his feet, bolting like he had a pack of wolves on his tail. He couldn’t bear the thought of facing Cameron.
Cameron just stared.
Bradley snorted. “Guess that smack you gave him last night really messed with his head, huh?”
Cameron shrugged, thinking, ‘Good. Maybe Xander will finally leave me alone.‘
Tiana happened to walk by. Taking in the scene, she smiled, thinking, ‘Finally, that troublemaker Xander got the message. This is perfect. He should run at the sight of Cameron, avoiding distracting Cameron from studying.‘
Cameron and Bradley headed to the library for some reading. They rushed back to class right before the bell rang and found a huge bag of snacks on Cameron’s desk. It was stuffed with every kind of treat imaginable.
“Who dropped this off?” Cameron asked Elijah.
“Xander,” he replied.
It must’ve been those words at lunch that did the trick. It looked like Xander was trying to make amends with the snacks.
Cameron furrowed her brows. “What’s he doing buying me snacks?”
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Chapter 319
This
wasn’t his first
stunt
like this,
Elijah shrugged. “He probably finally realized how out of bounds
he was
yesterday.”
Cameron
gave a quick
nod,
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