"I didn't mean to steal your fiancé!" Layla choked out through her tears. "I just couldn't help falling in love with him. I've always been so envious of you, Camila!"
Camila's gaze flickered between them, her heart pounding a relentless rhythm against her chest.
"Envious?" Camila finally spat out, her voice sharp with incredulity. "Envious of what, Layla? My life falling apart?"
"Yes, envious!" Layla sobbed, her voice breaking. "You've always had everything—the perfect family, the perfect life. And I have nothing." Her chin quivered as she struggled to maintain her composure.
"Nothing?" Camila's laugh was hollow, bitter. "You call taking my fiancé 'nothing'?"

***
When Camila returned home, filled with excitement to surprise her fiancé Blake, she was devastated to find him in bed with her stepsister Layla. This betrayal shattered her heart completely.
But the betrayal didn't stop there. Layla had also stolen Camila's meticulously designed jewelry pieces, using them to advance her own career dramatically. Even Camila's father and stepmother openly sided with Layla, pushing Camila into unprecedented isolation.
However, Camila was not broken by these blows. Determined to fight back, she began plotting her revenge with the help of Travis Turner, a business tycoon.
On this path of revenge, filled with emotional entanglements and family power struggles, Camila leverages her talent and resolve to the fullest. Yet, on the brink of justice and vengeance, who will emerge as the true victor?

Second Chance? Never Again

　　"Look at this." His voice was stern as he held up his phone. The screen displayed an intimate photo- her and Travis entangled in bed, a snapshot she had no memory of being taken. Her heart dropped like a stone in water, ripples of panic spreading through her veins.


　　"Is this why you're in the final?" he asked, his eyes searching hers for truth- or guilt.


　　"Of course not!" Camila spat, her sassy demeanor rising to the surface despite the shock that gripped her. "That's- that's not what happened."


　　The judge raised an eyebrow, skeptical. "It's all over social media, Camila. The caption suggests you've been... intimately involved with Travis Turner, who, as it turns out, is one of our major sponsors."


　　Her mind raced, but she clamped her mouth shut, knowing any attempt to defend herself might just add fuel to the fire. She felt the weight of the world pressing down on her slender shoulders, the room suddenly too small, the air too thick.


CHAPTER 48 Scandal