CHAPTER 94 In Control

　　Nina's POV

　　Seeing May assume her position with that arrogant smile was almost laughable. But only almost. As I stood in the hallway, propped against the wall like a detached observer, I could feel my jaw clenched in tension.

　　It wasn't easy to pretend I'd stepped aside, but every time I caught sight of May's swagger, I knew it was all worth it.

　　May believed she'd emerged victorious, thinking I'd surrendered and conceded defeat. But little did she know, she was walking right into the trap I'd set.

　　It was almost amusing how effortlessly she fell for it. The Nina she remembered – the one consumed by emotions and lost in the web of secrets surrounding my mother's death and my father's deceit – no longer existed.

　　That vulnerable version of me had given way to someone far more formidable: a woman who'd mastered the art of manipulation, pulling strings from the shadows.