Xander shot Elijah a re. "Why are youing along?"


    Elijah replied coolly, "Didn''t realize you got to decide who walks where." Xander lifted his chin with a smirk. "Well, my family did fund the library."


    Elijah didn''t respond right away.


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    Just as Xander was basking in that smug satisfaction, Elijah''s tone turned sharp. "Do Mr. Drake and Ms. Murphy know how obsessed you''ve been with Camerontely?"


    Xander froze.


    Know? Of course not.


    If they ever found out, he was dead meat.


    Cameron stepped in to ease the tension. "Alright, how about we all just go to the library together?"


    She turned to Bradley. "Brad, youing?"


    Bradley shook his head. "I''ll pass. I''ve got something to handle-need to stop by the firm."


    Austin chuckled. "I can already picture you in court one day, looking sharp as hell while defending both sides at once."


    Bradley''s lips twitched into a faint smile before he left.


    The rest headed to the library.


    Tyrell tried to tag along but got promptly kicked away by Xander.


    The remaining four made their way to a quiet corner.


    Luckily, Langford Academy didn''t have that many students, and the library was massive, so even going thiste, there were still plenty of empty seats.


    Cameron and Xander sat side by side, while Elijah and Austin took the seats across from them.


    Elijah and Austin pulled out books to read.


    Cameron opened a textbook and started tutoring Xander with methodical precision.


    Cameron was exining things carefully, but Xander, of course, was barely pretending to take it seriously.


    He kept sneaking nces at Elijah...then Austin...and then back again, frowning each time.


    Austin, meanwhile, kept his eyes trained on the pages in front of him, but he was listening to every word Cameron said.


    ''He really is a good teacher. His exnations were clear, concise, and surprisingly easy to follow, especially for theplex material.


    Elijah, multitasking like a pro, kept flipping pages while mentally following Cameron''s breakdown of the concepts.


    Just outside the library, behind arge banana tree, Milena was hiding.


    She peeked out from behind the trunk, seething as she watched Cameron chattingfortably with the four most popr


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    She felt sick.


    Cameron? Seriously? What, did she win the damn universe''s lottery or something?


    Milena''s jealousy was eating her alive-but more than that, she was anxious,


    Her parents had told her to deliver a message to Cameron ASAP. But with Xander


    glued to Cameron''s side, she didn''t dare approach.


    So all she could do was wait.


    An hour passed.


    Cameron and the others didn''t leave the library until right before ss.


    And of course, Xander was still stuck to her side like Velcro.


    Milena clenched her fists in frustration.


    But she didn''t dare step out,


    She told herself she''d try again after school.


    Except...when she went looking for Cameron after the final bell, there Xander was again-still with her.


    Milena''s hands curled into fists.


    ''Seriously? That bitch! She hooked up with some guy in a hotel and still has the audacity to cling to Xander?


    She''d examined that photo Skyler leaked more than once-it was definitely Cameron.


    Sure, the man''s face had been pixted, but if she ever found out who it was, she''d rip the whole scandal wide open.


    ''Cheating skank. Absolutely disgusting


    Yet...no matter how much she loathed Cameron...she had to talk to her.


    In the end, Milena decided to confront her after the first period of evening study.


    She headed to the entrance of ss 15, Senior Year,


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