Layla's POV
I laughed softly to myself as I shook my head in amusement.
"I'm not stupid Nicole. I can see that you're trying to make a mess for me to handle, perhaps even to cause a scandal for me, but there's nothing that you'll find. Everything has been done meticulously, I made sure of it because I knew you would use your favourite little dirty tricks on me, just like you did with everyone who ever went against you..."
She tilted her head and her smile only seemed to grow, putting the first shred of doubt into my mind.
"You think you can hold this position by yourself?" She laughed cruelly, all trace of the mother filled with regret now gone as if it had never existed in the first place, "You can't. The city loves a good drama, and the gossip circles will eat you alive, sp
