Chapter 194 Xander Asked Cameron For Tutoring
Cameron didn’t even need to check the video intercom to know who was at the door. When she pulled it open, sure enough, there stood Bradley.
He wore a white tracksuit that highlighted his tall frame in all the right ways. And of course, there was that impossibly handsome face of his.
Bradley pushed a cart loaded with breakfast for two. “Morning,” he said, his eyes takling behind gold–rimmed glasses.
“Morning, Brad,” Cameron smiled back.
Bradley wheeled the cart into her room. “Breakfast time. Let’s eat together.”
“Thanks,” Cameron replied.
“No need to be so formal with me,” Bradley replied as he arranged the food on the dining table.
Cameron stood behind him, sighing quietly. ‘How am I supposed to turn down Bradley’s kindness? she thought.
Cameron couldn’t repay Bradley for his kindness, so all she could do was refuse. Bradley wouldn’t even let her pay him back.
Cameron hated this feeling. Any relationship should be give and take, not just one person constantly giving or receiving.
“Why are you just standing there? Aren’t you hungry?” Bradley asked.
Cameron sat down across from him, picking up a glass of milk and sipping it slowly. “Brad, aren’t you heading back to Steerfall today?”
“Nope.” Bradley held his own glass of milk. “The SATs are coming up soon. Things are getting tight, so I’ll just go back once a month from now on.”
Cameron’s mind went blank. ‘The SATs are coming up?‘ She wondered. She hadn’t seen Bradley doing any SAT prep at all.
Bradley’s grades were good. He consistently ranked in the top ten of their year. But all she ever saw him reading were books outside the curriculum, and whenever he wasn’t at school, he was at the law firm.
Cameron didn’t challenge him on it though, just lowered her head and continued eating breakfast.
Bradley noticed something was off. “What’s wrong? Didn’t sleep well last night?” he asked. She was barely talking.
Cameron shook her head. “I slept fine.”
Bradley nodded. “Got any plans this morning? Do you want to-”
“I have plans,” Cameron cut him off.
Bradley fell silent for a beat before asking, “What plans?”
“I’m meeting a friend.”
Behind Bradley’s gold–rimmed glasses, his eyes flashed with disappointment. He didn’t say anything, though. He didn’t awkwardly ask Cameron who this friend was, either. That was the restraint one’d expect from an adult.
After breakfast, Bradley politely excused himself and left.
Cameron didn’t go out. Instead, she flopped down on the couch at home and opened her laptop, wondering how to scrape together some startup money.
Cameron scrolled through website after website. There were plenty of ways to make money, sure, but she was still in high school with a pretty restricted schedule.
While Cameron was clicking through various pages, her phone pinged with a notification. A WhatsApp message popped
- up.
Xander: [Cameron, it’s Xander. This is my number.]
Cameron had deleted Xander’s number earlier because he was getting on her nerves. She glanced at the message but didn‘ t bother replying, just set her phone aside.
Almost immediately, a second message from Xander appeared.
Xander: [Cameron, stop playing dead. I know you saw this. Text me back. I need to talk to you about something important.] “Something important?” Cameron muttered to herself. After thinking it over for a second, she decided to respond: [What is it?]
If whatever Xander had to say wasn’t actually i Successfully unlocked!
Xander: [YES! Finally got you to answer!]
Cameron: [Get to the point.]
ys block him again.
Xander: [Hey, smartass, what’s with the attitude? I know you’re some genius prodigy. No wonder Mr. Drake keeps you
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under his wing]
Cameron: [One more crap and I’m deleting you.]
Xander was left speechless.
Xander: [Cameron, I want you to tutor me.]
Cameron: [Not available.]
‘First Elijah, now him? Did everyone think I was some free tutor? Dream on, Camerag thought with a huff
Xander: [Don’t turn me down! I’ll pay you.]
Cameron paused. ‘He’ll pay? she thought.
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