Xander: It''s not really a bother, but I am in ss right now.


    The truth was, this entire lesson was less useful than five minutes of Cameron''s tutoring


    Milena: Sorry to disturb you, Talkter.]


    Xander nced at Milena''s message and didn''t reply,


    Het


    wasn''t sure why, but his heart no longer raced when he received her texts-now it waspletely calm.


    He couldn''t forget Milena''s beautiful face, but since he couldn''t see her through the phone, his feelings for her had faded.


    Milena frowned at the unread messages on her phone screen. Xander had never ignored her like this before


    A surger


    e of anxiety hit her. She wond


    wondered, "Does he know something about me?


    Quickly,


    y.sho reassured herself, if Xander knew she''d pretended to be Cameron, he wouldn''t even reply to her


    Then she began to wonder what had caused Xander''s sudden coldnest toward her


    "Milena, what are you doing?" A furious voice interrupted her thoughts


    Milena jolted back to reality, and her phone slipped from her hand.


    The teacher frowned. "You''re using your phone in ss? Stand outside


    Milena''s face flushed with embarrassment. She didn''t dare argue, quickly picked up her phone, and walked out of the ssroom.


    Milena stood outside for half the lesson. When the bell finally rang and she


    returned to her seat, she heard ssmates whispering


    "Her parents are both in jail. Is it really okay for a criminal''s daughter to be in our ss?"


    "No way! Where did you hear that? What happened?"


    it''s true-I have inside information"


    "She shouldn''t be in our ss then, if people find out I have a ssmate whose parents are criminals, it''ll be embarrassing."


    "Yeah."


    "Don''t worry-she probably won''t be here next semester."


    "Why?"


    "She can''t afford tuition, obviously"


    "That makes sense."


    The whispers weren''t loud, but Milena heard every word. Unable to refute them, she bit her lip tightly.


    Alter the evening study session, Xander intercepted Cameron with perfect timing


    09:21 Mon, 2 Jun


    "Move." Cameron nearly pushed his head away.


    Xander trailed after him, "Cameron,e on, how much per hour will make you happy!"


    Cameron didn''t stop walking. "I didn''t say I wanted a raise," he said.


    Thirty thousand dors was enough.


    Xander said, "But you said you wanted a raise! I just asked my parents for three


    million dors. I have money-name your price."


    Cameron was speechless at hisck of financial sense and kept walking.


    *Tell me, how much per hour?" Xander insisted.


    Cameron stopped and said, "Thirty thousand dors."


    Xander eximed in surprise, "You really don''t want a raise? Are you crazy?


    Don''t you need money? I''m giving you a chance-why not take it?"


    "Would you give me the entire Murphy family then?" Cameron retorted.


    Xander froze, at a loss for words.


    While Xander was stunned, Cameron returned to the dorm.


    She went straight to the bathroom.


    The weather was getting hotter, and she was sweaty and ufortable-she needed a shower to cool off


    ng water running in the bathroom and seeing Cameron''s phone on the desk, he knew who was inside.


    Elijah returned to the dorm after Cameron.


    Hearing!


    Elijah opened his textbook, flipped through the pages, and finally found an extremely difficult problem


    AD


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