Chapter 125 The Explaination
Elijah was dressed in the school uniform. Since the temperature inside the library was just right, he had taken off his jacket and was only wearing the white short–sleeved shirt underneath. He sat by the window, his face calm and unreadable, watching as Cameron approached.
She sat down across from him. Elijah said, “Perfect timing. The library’s a great place for tutoring.”
“I don’t need tutoring. I already know everything,” Cameron cut him off flatly.
Elijah blinked. “What are you talking about?” He frowned.
Cameron replied, “I’m saying I’m actually a top student too. Maybe I’m even a tiny bit better than you.”
Elijah stared at her. “Is that supposed to be funny?”
“I’m not joking,” Cameron said.
Without another word, Elijah slid his math workbook across the table and pushed it
toward her. “Fine. Try this one. Solve it.”
He handed her his pen.
Cameron took it with ease. “It’s easy.”
Elijah kept his eyes locked on her, watching closely.
Cameron scanned the question, then immediately began to solve it. Her hand moved confidently across the page.
Elijah was visibly surprised. “Have you seen this problem before?”
“Nope,” Cameron replied. “Can you give me something harder? Like the ones you put up on the math challenge room board?”
“You sure you’re that confident in yourself?” Elijah asked.
“Absolutely,” Cameron said without hesitation.
Elijah flipped to the second–to–last page of the workbook. His long, slender fingers tapped on one of the questions. “Alright then. Solve this.”
He had been stuck on this one for days. It was the same problem he had posted on
the challenge board. The mysterious person who used to solve those had disappeared without a trace. No one had managed to crack this one.
And he definitely did not expect Cameron to figure it out. But she was acting a little too full of herself, and he was go Successfully unlocked! lace.
“This one?” Cameron pointed to confirm.
“Yes.” Elijah nodded.
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Chapter 125 The Explaination
Just a few seconds later, Cameron grabbed a piece of scratch paper nearby. In just a few quick strokes, she had solved the entire problem.
Elijah paused, caught off guard. Then he immediately picked up her scratch paper. His eyes scanned the solution, and suddenly, it all clicked.
“So that’s it. This step needs that formula,” he murmured.
Cameron raised her eyebrows slightly. “Need me to prove anything else?”
Elijah lowered his voice. “Cameron, how are you able to solve problems this hard?”
Cameron replied, “Not just this one. All those math problems you put up before? I was the one who solved them.”
Elijah froze. The look on his face told Cameron he still did not believe her. ‘Well, I’m not letting him walk away without the truth today, she thought.
Then she opened her mouth and spoke a string of fluent Spanish. “Elijah, Mr. Drake had already promised the Chapman family he would expel me, but then turned around and made a huge deal out of inviting me back to school. Do you know why?”
Elijah blinked in surprise. ‘When did her Spanish get this good?‘ he wondered.
With speaking skills like that, there was no way she would score low on a Spanish test. But Cameron had never even passed before.
She continued, “I solved what they all believed was the hardest SAT paper they’d ever seen right in front of Mr. Drake and every single teacher.
“My score left them speechless. I proved I had what it takes to top the SATS in the entire state this year. That’s why Mr. Drake chose me.
“And that’s why Mr. Grant asked me to tutor you. You heard me right. To tutor you, and not the other way around. As for Ms. Morgan?
“She wants us to practice speaking together. And all the other teachers? Their attitude toward me has done a full 180.”
Cameron laid everything on the table. She had told Elijah all this because she really, really wanted him to stop forcing her into those painful tutoring sessions.
“So,” she asked calmly, “do you believe me now?”
