Chapter 120 Elijah’s Eager Help
Elijah was always the quiet, aloof type. He acted like he had not heard a word Xander said, brushing his teeth in silence.
Xander froze. It felt like throwing a punch and hitting nothing but air. The lack of response was unbearable.
‘Cameron’s already turned against me. And now Elijah is acting like I don’t even exist? How am I supposed to survive in this dorm anymore?‘ he thought bitterly.
Cameron saw right through him. Xander was clearly trying to stir trouble in a roundabout way, but she couldn’t care less. She took her time washing up.
Unfortunately for her, Elijah was waiting for her.
Xander got even more annoyed. “You two seriously have to leave together every morning?”
Elijah glanced at him with that same icy stare, offering no reply.
Xander pushed further. “What, Elijah, did you suddenly go mute?”
Only then did Elijah furrow his brows and speak. “Stop looking for a fight, Xander. If you need extra help, just ask your aunt. She’s the academic director. She can assign the best teachers on campus to tutor you personally.”
That was a clear warning to back off. But Xander was not about to drop it. “Then why are you tutoring her?” He pointed straight at Cameron.
Elijah replied calmly, “Because I want to.”
Xander was left speechless.
Cameron, though slow and deliberate, had finished getting ready. She had changed into her uniform and now stood at the mirror fixing her short hair. She clipped on a pair of obsidian diamond studs. He looked sharp.
Elijah frowned slightly. A man should not be so concerned about his looks. Outer appearance was nothing but a shell, not worth wasting time on.
Without another word, Elijah left the dorm with Cameron.
Xander clicked his tongue in frustration, then turned to Austin, who had been woken up by all the noise. “Come on. Let’s go together.”
But Austin said, “Xander, my health isn’t great. Mr. Graham gave me a pass to skip morning prep. You should get going or you’ll be late.”
Xander’s jaw tensed. Oh, right. He had almost forgotten. Austin was on the school’s special care list, fragile as glass. Successfully unlocked! alone.
**
Cameron and Elijah walked into class together. As soon as they sat down, Elijah pulled
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out a stack of worksheets. “Did you go over the problems I marked for you yesterday?”
Cameron nodded. “Yeah, I did.”
“Great. Let me see you work through them,” he said.
Cameron immediately changed her answer. “Actually, no. I didn’t get any of them. Elijah, can you go over them with me again?”
“Which one’s giving you trouble?” Elijah asked.
Cameron pointed at a random multiple–choice question. “This one.”
“This one?” Elijah said. “This one’s pretty basic. Look at the question stem-” He walked her through it patiently.
But Cameron just stared blankly, her delicate and androgynous face full of confusion. She shook her head. “I still don’t get it.”
Elijah switched strategies and tried explaining it in a different way. Cameron tilted her head again, clueless. “Nope. Still lost.”
He explained it a third time. She blinked at him innocently. “I’m not getting any of this.”
Elijah held his frustration back and walked her through it yet again. But Cameron shook her head. “I really don’t get it. Maybe it’s better if we don’t waste your time?”
Elijah went quiet for a few seconds. “Try going over it on your own first,” he finally said.
Cameron smiled sweetly. “Got it.”
Elijah paused, slightly stunned. ‘She looks so happy? I explained that question four times, and she still doesn’t understand. What’s she smiling about?‘ he wondered.
The second the early study session ended, Cameron left the classroom. She headed to the cafeteria and grabbed some breakfast. As she ate, she pulled out her phone and started scrolling through Twitter.
The official Noir Éclat account had just posted that submissions for the competition were now closed. The judging phase had officially begun. Cameron’s lips curled ever so slightly.
“Hope Milena didn’t submit that masterpiece from Eric Fletcher, the founder of Noir Éclat. If she did, and it flops, that’s going to be a real embarrassment,” she wondered.
She was still engrossed in her screen when someone set a tray down on the table across from her.
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