(Layla’s POV) * I sat at my desk in a fairly large office room that Skylar had assigned for me. The soft glow of the lamp on my desk cast a light over my scattered sketches of sparkling gems. On my hand I held up a delicately carved sapphire between my fingers, squinting my eyes on it like it was a piece of a puzzle that needed to fit in my design. Although I had tried my best to focus on my next big project to launch my designs, my mind kept wandering back to one thing – my engagement party. “How am I to plan an engagement party in less than a week?” I muttered to myself, tapping my pencil against the paper with my designs. I bit my lips when I imagined the shock on Liam’s face when he would find out I was to marry his best friend. “Surely, he will feel betrayed” I could

