Xander shot Austin a suspicious look, wondering, "What''s this sickly guy ying at? Wasn''t he just about to stand up for Cameron? Why dhe suddenly change his


    mind?


    Anyway, whatever Austin''s thinking doesn''t matter. What matters is I don''t have to transfer to another school!


    "Thanks" Xander raised his eyebrows.


    Austin''s eyes grew a little colder as he watched Xander act all snug.


    Austin thought, ''Man, Cam is just too nice. But I have to do what Caits wants"


    Tina grabbed Xander. "It''s gettingte. We head out, Austin and you guys should get somos rest."


    They replied, "Bye, Ms. Murphy."


    Tiana led Xander away. But before a minute had even passed, Xander came storming back in.


    Xander shot Austin a look. "Alright, what are you really up to, kid?"


    Austin stood up, all that earlier weakness in front of Tiana gone without a trace.


    He leaned close to Xander''s ear and whispered, "Xander, now you get it, right? I can take you down, if you dare mess with Cam again, I promise you''ll regret it.”


    To Austin, there was a time when his mother was the only person he wanted to protect. Now, Cameron was the only one he wanted to protect. Anyone who tried to mess with Cameron was his enemy.


    Xander froze for a second and wondered, ''Did that usually sickly guy really just say that?!


    For a split second, Xander actually felt threatened.


    "What are you guys whispering about?" Bradley asked, clearly interested.


    "Nothing, Brad."Austin sat back down in his chair.


    Xander snapped out of it and red at Cameron. "Little brat, did I pick on you? It was you who picked on me, wasn''t it?"


    Before Cameron could answer, Austin frowned and said, "Xander, your aunt probably hasn''t gone far, right?"


    He pressed his fingers to his temple. "Ugh, why does my head hurt again? Must be from that fall this afternoon?"


    Xander gritted his teeth and stared at Austin


    Austin added, "Xander, don''t you think it''s pretty rude to keep calling Cam Tittle brat"?"


    "Yeah, that was pretty rude." Elijah agreed.


    Bradley asked, "Kander, why did you give Cameron that nickname?"


    Xander wondered, I''ve been calling him that for ages. No one ever had an issue with it. Why is everyone suddenly targeting me now?"


    Xander


    er snapped, "So you guys are all teaming up against me now, huh?"


    Cameron just said, "Xander, it''ste. You should head back


    Xander red at Cameron. "Why did you block me?"


    Honestly, all these problems today were because of Cameron, Xander Knew Austin set him up just for Cameron.


    Xander said, “Isn''t it just because I didn''t transfer you the money on time?"


    Canveron stared at Nander in confusion.


    Xander pulled out his phone. "Cameron, unblock me right now, I''ll transfer the tutoring fee to you."


    Cameron replied, "It''s not about the money."


    At first, she just didn''t want Xander to know where she was. Now that she was back at school, it didn''t matter if she added him back.


    After all, she was still willing to tutor Xander. She felt it would be a total waste not


    to use her free time to make some money


    Cameron pulled out her phone and took Xander off her block list. "Done"


    Xander finally looked satisfied. "Now that''s more like it."


    He immediately sent Cameron 30 grand.


    Cameron frowned. "Didn''t we agree on 15 grand?"


    Xander just shrugged. "I''ve got money to burn."


    Cameron was speechless.


    ly then did Xander leave, lookingpletely pleased with himself


    Only


    Elijah frowned. "Cameron, you''re really nice to Xander."


    Cameron took a deep sigh but said nothing.