Chapter 117 Austin Fraser
“I’ll pay you back as soon as I can,” Cameron said firmly.
If she could win the fashion competition, she would take home a prize of 300 thousand dollars. That kind of startup money would finally let her do what she had always dreamed of.
‘I should be able to pay Bradley back soon, she thought to herself.
Bradley gave a slight nod. Then he added, “Let’s grab lunch tomorrow, and after that, we’ll get everything sorted with the Wallace family. Then, that’ll be the end of it.”
Cameron nodded. “Alright.”
That afternoon, they returned to campus for class. During the lecture, Cameron paid close attention and took detailed notes. By the time the class ended, she was ready for a short break.
Elijah tapped his long fingers on her desk. “Was there anything you didn’t understand from the lecture?”
Cameron froze. Before she could answer, Elijah frowned slightly and reached for the science exam paper sitting on her desk.
Her biology section was a disaster. Out of a hundred, she had scored just thirty.
Elijah let out a quiet sigh. “I’ll walk you through the entire thing, from the top.”
Cameron looked like she was dying inside. She tried to protest. “Elijah, the SATs are right around the corner. Your time’s way too valuable. I really don’t think you should
waste it on me.”
“I’ll be fine,” Elijah replied flatly. “With my scores, I can get into any top–tier university in the country. You, on the other hand, might only make it into a junior college. These last three months are critical. You need to cram hard; otherwise, you’ll never catch up.”
“Thank you,” Cameron murmured.
“No big deal.” With that, Elijah patiently began explaining the questions she had missed.
Cameron sighed to herself again and again. ‘With a top student like him tutoring me, it‘ Il sound totally legit if I get the highest SAT score in the country,‘ she thought.
“I’m so jealous of Cameron. Not only does she sit next to Elijah, he’s actually tutoring her,” a girl whispered.
“Right? She’s so lucky.”
Successfully unlocked!
“She’s about to have her glow–up moment.”
“Of course she is. With a genius helping her out, how could she not?”
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Chapter 117 Austin Fraser
The other students stared at Cameron with envy.
Cameron wanted nothing more than to give this golden opportunity away to someone
else.
After the evening study session, Elijah wanted to go over more problems, but Cameron shot out of her seat and darted away like lightning.
Elijah stood there, stunned. ‘What’s the rush? Bathroom emergency? Has to be, he guessed inwardly. ‘No way she’d run off like that otherwise.’
Cameron sprinted straight back to the dorms. Once she got inside, she locked herself in the bathroom and spent a full hour scrubbing herself down in the shower.
When Elijah got back later, Cameron just claimed she was tired and needed to sleep. Crisis averted for today.
Cameron arrived at the door to Room 316 and reached into her pocket for the key. Just as she was about to unlock it, a soft, graceful melody floated through the door.
Cameron paused. ‘Someone’s playing the violin? And he’s actually good? Who could that be? Definitely not Xander. And Elijah? No way,‘ she wondered. ‘Could it be Brad? He’s got that refined, polished vibe; maybe he plays violin. But he moves way too fast for someone with that much grace.‘
She opened the door. “Br-” Cameron only got out one syllable before freezing.
A boy sat sideways in a chair, violin tucked under his chin. His hair was a natural shade of golden blonde, and his eyes gleamed like amber. His features were sharp and
striking.
He was so beautiful it was almost surreal, the kind of elegance that made it impossible to look away. His skin was pale, unnaturally so, with the delicate translucence of someone who had been sick for years.
He played with complete focus, the bow dancing across the strings. The rich, emotional notes filled the room and drifted out the open window, turning heads in the
distance.
Cameron stood there stunned. ‘Not Brad? That must be my other roommate, Austin Fraser, she wondered.
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