Amanda felt her stomach drop as she braced herself for the onslaught of insults that she knew was coming. She had heard the whispers and gossip surrounding Nikita and her family's wealth and influence, but she had never imagined that it would come to this.
But Amanda refused to back down in the face of Nikita's cruelty. With her head held high and her chin tilted defiantly, she met Nikita's gaze head-on, her voice steady and unwavering.
"I may not come from a wealthy family like yours, Nikita, but I earned this role fair and square," Amanda replied, her tone firm and resolute. "And unlike some people, I don't need to rely on my family's money and connections to get ahead in life."
As Amanda walked away from her encounter with Nikita, she could feel the weight of the other girl's words p
