Chapter 147 Throw Down
Elijah’s frown grew deeper, “Xander, I’m only going to say this once more. Cameron’s not some lazy slacker, he-
Elijah paused. He’d been about to speak up for Cameron, to clear the air finally, but Cameron, who had been quiet this entire time, cut him off. “Xander.”
Cameron slowly stood up, her face blank as she stared straight at Xander. “Yeah, I’m isolating you. So what?”
Xander couldn’t believe his ears. He couldn’t believe that Cameron actually admitted
that.
Seething, Xander ripped off his jacket and tossed it to the ground. “Alright, Cameron. Let’s settle this. You think you’re tough? Let’s see if you can back it up.”
“Xan, chill out,” Austin cut in, trying to ease the tension, albeit he was coughing mid- sentence. “We’re all roommates. No one needs to start throwing punches.”
“Move!” Xander snapped, shoving Austin hard without a second thought. He wouldn’t dare mess with Bradley, but he didn’t care about the rest.
With that shove, Austin hit the ground with a thud. He winced as pain radiated through his side. But even as he lay there, his eyes sparkled with something close to satisfaction.
This was exactly what he’d expected. But honestly, Xander had it coming, and letting Cameron teach him a lesson sounded pretty good.
Austin let out a couple of weak coughs, wincing as he sat up.
“You alright?” Elijah asked.
Austin managed a smile. “Eli, I’m fine. Xan didn’t mean it.”
Bradley helped Austin to his feet, but his expression had gone cold. “Xander, that was way out of line.”
This time, Xander was dead set on throwing down with Cameron. He squared his shoulders and tightened his jaw. “Brad, this doesn’t concern you. Stay out of it.”
He turned to Cameron with a challenging look. “Come on–just you and me. You got the guts?”
Cameron’s expression didn’t change. “Come here.”
Elijah blinked as he thought, ‘Wait, what? Is Cameron seriously going to fight him?”
He was half a head shorter and probably twenty pounds lighter than Xander. There was no way this would end well. Successfully unlocked!
Elijah shouted, “Cameron, don’t do anything stupid!”
“Shut up!” Xander barked.
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Chapter 147 Throw Bosch
Cameron glanced at Elijah. “Relax. He’s not going to win.”
Offended, Xander flew into a rage. “I’m not going to win? Oh, Cameron. Today I’ll show you just how good my boxing skills really are.”
Xander charged without hesitation, with his fist clenched and eyes locked on
Cameron like a target, as he swung a punch right at her.
With a smooth, practiced motion, Cameron shifted to the side to dodge Xander’s punch. In the same breath, she swept her leg low and clean, knocking his feet out from under him.
Xander’s body slammed into the ground with a heavy, gut–punching thud, which was loud enough to send a nearby flock of birds scattering into the sky.
Flat on his back, Xander stared up at the open sky, stunned into silence, wondering how he ended up on the ground.
He was the one who threw the first punch at Cameron, so she should be the one injured now. Xander couldn’t understand how he was the one laying in the dirt.
Xander was in total shock. Across from him, Bradley, Elijah, and Austin just stood there, too stunned to speak as well.
Cameron looked so much lankier and weaker than Xander, so no one had expected her to take him down so easily.
Elijah stood frozen, staring at Cameron like he was seeing her for the first time.
He wondered, ‘Not only is he not a slacker, but does he actually know how to fight too? Had he really kept all that under wraps just to get out of the engagement with Amelia?‘ Next to him, Austin’s jaw dropped. A beat later, he leaned toward Xander. “Xan, you alright? Are you–hurting anywhere?”
“Ow!” Xander finally snapped out of it, still lying on the ground. “Cameron, you’re done for. You hurt me, so pay up for my medical bills and compensation for my emotional damages, or I’ll have you thrown in jail.”
Cameron let out a dry laugh. “Oh, really? Ever heard of something called self–defense, Xander? You might wanna look it up sometime.”
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