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Cameron’s POV"Brandon!"His eyes snapped up to my face, wide and fake-innocent like he hadn’t just full-on ogled me five seconds ago. “Oh—crap—sorry!” he yelped, spinning around like he hadn’t planned this entire scene in his head already. “Didn’t mean to. Total accident.”I slapped my wet palm to my forehead. “Why are you still talking?!”“I panic-rant.” he said from behind the door, like that was a valid excuse. “This is a high-stress situation. I saw your junk, Cam!”“YOU SAW BECAUSE YOU WALKED IN!”“Yeah but like… respectfully.”I groaned so loud it echoed. My soul straight-up left my body. I shut the water off and stood there, dripping in shame and rage and the kind of awkwardness that rewires your DNA.Then the door creaked again.Oh my god. Again?!“Brandon, I swear—if you open that door I will personally haunt your dreams.”He squeezed his eyes dramatically shut like that made anything okay. “Relax, diva. I brought you this.”He dangled something white and fuzzy in the air li
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Cameron’s POVSleeping in the same bed as Brandon was not on my bucket list.I honestly didn't think I would ever get to this point.But here we were. Two guys, one bed, and a whole lot of tension that I was pretending didn’t exist.I laid on my side, staring at the wall like it had the answers to all my life's problems.Meanwhile, Brandon was on his phone, sprawled out beside me like he owned the bed—or the world, honestly. I could hear the sounds of a video game coming from his phone.Typical Brandon.My brain wasn’t even on the sleeping arrangement right now, though. It was spinning with that stupid anonymous account. The one sending me photos, threats, and cryptic messages like I was in some low-budget teen drama.Nothing I tried worked. No traceable IP. No mutual followers. Jus
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Cameron’s POVI should’ve known peace was temporary. Like, cosmic rule or whatever—if things feel too okay, something terrible is probably lurking right around the corner.That "terrible" showed up in the form of my ever-charming stepbrother, Drake.It was a normal school day, or at least, it looked like one. I was walking through the quad with Brandon, still mentally recovering from waking up to him practically draped over me like a human blanket. He was sipping an iced coffee like we hadn’t just played accidental cuddle buddies the night before, and I was trying to act like my brain wasn’t still short-circuiting every time I remembered how close our faces had been.“Do you think that anonymous account could be someone from school?” I asked, lowering my voice.Brandon shrugged. “If it is, they’re a coward. Bet they sit alone in the computer lab, munching on chips and plotting like some low-budget villain.”I snorted. “You mean something you can do?”“That was one fucking time, and I
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Cameron POV I didn’t answer.Brandon blinked. “Okay, why is it online? Who took this?”I sighed and sank down onto the bench. “Drake posted it.”Brandon stared at me like I just told him I was secretly a robot. “Drake? Your stepbrother Drake?”“Yep.”He let out a breath and dropped next to me, still holding the phone like it might explode. “Dude. I thought he was bluffing. The whole ‘you’ll regret this’ speech sounded like something out of a soap opera.”“Yeah, well. Guess he’s committed to the drama.”I echoed Brandon’s words, but my mind was not on this at all. Drake knew that I had a crush on Erica, and now he just released this photo, and he might do something even crazier next. After all, he always tried his best to destroy me.“Look, it’s dumb, okay? People will talk about it for a while, and then they’ll move on. They always do.” Brandon said, as if he could see my anxiety.“Drake wants to ruin me. He wants to humiliate me so he can steal my fucking inheritance.”“Then don’t
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Cameron POV My stomach flipped and my thumb hovered over the answer button like it weighed a million pounds. I swiped to answer and placed the phone against my ears,"Hey.""Hey," she said, and her voice was softer than I expected it to be. There wasn't any judgment or ice to it, it was comfortable. "You okay?"I let out this weird half-laugh and it was the kind that sounds like you’re about to explode but you’re trying not to. “Define okay.”“I saw the picture. I think everyone has.”Of course she had.I sighed and leaned back against the cold bleacher, my heart bouncing around like it had no idea what speed to settle on. “It’s not what it looks like.”“So explain it to me, because I was very surprised to see that.”“The reason it was posted was because I was with Brandon and Drake wanted to make me frustrated,” I blurted out.“Wait—Brandon? Like, student president Brandon? You’re dating him now?”“It’s fake,” I said flatly. “The whole Brandon thing—it’s not real.”She grew quiet, I
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Brandon’s POVThere was a brief pause on the line. I could hear Cameron exhale slowly, like the mention of her name triggered something he wasn’t ready to face.“Brandon…” he said quietly, his voice suddenly guarded. “Do we really have to talk about her?”“Yes we need to,” I replied, keeping my tone gentle but firm.He wasn't running away from this, not when I have the control of the situation.“You said you want me to help you, the only way I can help is when you tell me everything that happened.”Silence, I could hear the faint sound of his breathing on the other end but he didn't say anything.“I will come to you and explain,” he muttered.The call ended, and I lay there staring at the ceiling, still holding my phone like it was a grenade that hadn’t gone off yet.He was going to tell me everythingI should’ve felt satisfied. Triumphant. This was the moment I’d been working toward, I was moving closer to my plan.I had everything under control and I will see to it that he is under
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Brandon’s POVThere was a brief pause on the line. I could hear Cameron exhale slowly, like the mention of her name triggered something he wasn’t ready to face.“Brandon…” he said quietly, his voice suddenly guarded. “Do we really have to talk about her?”“Yes we need to,” I replied, keeping my tone gentle but firm.He wasn't running away from this, not when I have the control of the situation.“You said you want me to help you, the only way I can help is when you tell me everything that happened.”Silence, I could hear the faint sound of his breathing on the other end but he didn't say anything.“I will come to you and explain,” he muttered.The call ended, and I lay there staring at the ceiling, still holding my phone like it was a grenade that hadn’t gone off yet.He was going to tell me everythingI should’ve felt satisfied. Triumphant. This was the moment I’d been working toward, I was moving closer to my plan.I had everything under control and I will see to it that he is under
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Cameron POV My stomach flipped and my thumb hovered over the answer button like it weighed a million pounds. I swiped to answer and placed the phone against my ears,"Hey.""Hey," she said, and her voice was softer than I expected it to be. There wasn't any judgment or ice to it, it was comfortable. "You okay?"I let out this weird half-laugh and it was the kind that sounds like you’re about to explode but you’re trying not to. “Define okay.”“I saw the picture. I think everyone has.”Of course she had.I sighed and leaned back against the cold bleacher, my heart bouncing around like it had no idea what speed to settle on. “It’s not what it looks like.”“So explain it to me, because I was very surprised to see that.”“The reason it was posted was because I was with Brandon and Drake wanted to make me frustrated,” I blurted out.“Wait—Brandon? Like, student president Brandon? You’re dating him now?”“It’s fake,” I said flatly. “The whole Brandon thing—it’s not real.”She grew quiet, I
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Cameron POV I didn’t answer.Brandon blinked. “Okay, why is it online? Who took this?”I sighed and sank down onto the bench. “Drake posted it.”Brandon stared at me like I just told him I was secretly a robot. “Drake? Your stepbrother Drake?”“Yep.”He let out a breath and dropped next to me, still holding the phone like it might explode. “Dude. I thought he was bluffing. The whole ‘you’ll regret this’ speech sounded like something out of a soap opera.”“Yeah, well. Guess he’s committed to the drama.”I echoed Brandon’s words, but my mind was not on this at all. Drake knew that I had a crush on Erica, and now he just released this photo, and he might do something even crazier next. After all, he always tried his best to destroy me.“Look, it’s dumb, okay? People will talk about it for a while, and then they’ll move on. They always do.” Brandon said, as if he could see my anxiety.“Drake wants to ruin me. He wants to humiliate me so he can steal my fucking inheritance.”“Then don’t
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