TREAT
“Thanks for the treat Xan..” Layla smiled as they walked into the company.
“You’re welcome, anything for you..” he said as Layla laughed him off.
“Stop it…” she giggled. She really had a great time thanks to him the lasagna she had was top notch.
“So how are you enjoying your stay with Nolan huh?’ he asked, raising a brow at her.
“I don’t know..” Layla drew out sucking her teeth.
She didn’t know if she should just tell Xander that living with Nolan was a nightmare.
“It’s great so far…” she finally said. Though it was the opposite of it all.
“I know Nolan will treat you well. He’s a nice guy..” Xander said and Layla chuckled inwardly.
Nice her foot! Maybe he was nice to other people but he was certainly not nice to her. At all.
“Layla is that you? woah!” A voice filled with amusement rang in her ears and Layla immediately recognized the voice to be scarlet’s.
“Scarlet..” she mumbled with a frown as scarlet appeared in front of them.
What was scarlet doing here? How did she find her?
“Do it is you..” scarlet laughed as she raked her eyes on Xander who was standing beside Layla.
Anger suddenly built up in her, why were the good looking guys always around Layla? She thought in anger.
Well today, she’d make sure to shame her.
“What are you doing here?” Layla asked, alarmed by her presence. Scarlet shouldn’t be here, she would do nothing but create a sin.
“I hope you know that Layla right here has been sleeping around with all sorts of men,” Scarlet accused, her voice full of false concern.C0pyright © 2024 Nôv)(elDrama.Org.
“What?!” Layla exclaimed, completely taken aback by the accusation. “That’s not true!” She yelled. Scarlet would definitely embarrass her if something was not done. She only brought trouble whenever she was around.
“That’s not true scarlet..” Layla defended herself. She had to look for a way to stop Scarlet by a means possible. Or Scarlet would jeopardize everything without thinking twice.
“Oh shut up!” Scarlet snapped at Layla. Seeing Layla’s scared state, she knew right away that Layla didn’t want her secret to be out.
“I know he’s your next target ” she pointed at Xander who had a confused look on his face about everything that was going on.
“Look Mr, stay away from her. She’s like a leech and would only suck your pocket dry..” scarlet stated as Layla stood in utter disbelief. Why was scarlet out to destroy her?
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, Scarlet,” Layla said, her voice starting to shake with fear.
“I don’t go around trying to steal people’s boyfriends, unlike some people I know, you stole my boyfriend away from me..” Layla spelled out pointing at scarlet.
“You’re the slut here, not me. You slept with your sister’s boyfriend, so between you and I, who’s more pathetic?” Layla asked.
“Now you listen here, Layla,” Scarlet fired, stepping closer to Layla and pointing a finger at her. “I don’t appreciate you talking about me like that. And I definitely don’t appreciate you accusing me of being a homewrecker.” She says plainly.
“I’m not accusing you of anything,” Layla replied, trying to stay calm. “I’m just telling the truth.”
“No, you’re not,” Scarlet said, her face turning red with rage.
“You’re just trying to make me look bad in front of him. I didn’t steal her boyfriend. She stole Mike from me instead what I simply did was taking back what was rightfully mine”
“That’s not true!” Layla exclaimed, feeling her own temper starting to flare.
“You’re just trying to deflect attention away from your own behavior, you’re the one who sleeps around with me not me..” Layla fired at scarlet. Scarlet was the terrible one here, who in the world sleeps with their sister’s boyfriend and feel no remorse about it?
“Oh I’m not Layla. He chose me. He only left you after discovering that you were a slut..” Scarlet blamed Layla glaring at her with all the hatred sfe could muster.
“You know what scarlet, you’re just a two-faced, backstabbing bitch!” Layla ratted out.
“Just shut up scarlet, that’s enough!” She hollered in frustration. She had enough already. Scarlet was taking it too far.
“Why tell me to shut up, when I’m saying nothing but the truth. “All you do is sleep around with men and get pregnant at the end of the day” Scarlet charged at Layla and Xander who’s been quiet all this while holding a puzzled look on his face.
“That’s a terrible thing to say!” Layla exclaimed, her face flushing with anger and humiliation.
“I would never do anything like that, and you know it.” Layla argued. Scarlet just kept emphasizing on the fact that she slept around with men.
“You’re such a hypocrite, Layla,” Scarlet said, her voice dripping with scorn. “You act like you’re so perfect, but we all know the truth.”
“That’s not true!” Layla said, feeling tears welling up in her eyes. “You’re just twisting the truth to fit your own narrative.”Layla cried.
“But you’re pregnant right and you don’t know who the father is..” Scarlet said softly as Layla’s shoulders instantly fell.
That was it, she’s been ratted out. Her secret was out. Xander now knew about it and there was no way he was going to keep this a secret. Scarlet had literally done the worst.
“Please leave?” Layla requested softly. Right now scarlet had to leave. She would deal with Xander later.
“No, I’m not leaving. Just answer my question. Are you not pregnant? Yes or No?” Scarlet grilled with a note of finality in her voice.
She had such a hard time finding Layla’s place of work and now she did. She would make sure to humiliate Layla to the point that she would be sacked from work.
All of the good looking men who were always hovering around her would stop once they discovered that she was pregnant.
“Please just go..” Layla cried as she couldn’t hold back her tears anymore. It was becoming too much for her to bear. She was already becoming suffocated by all of this.
“Just go..” she whispered, breaking down as Scarlet smiled satisfactorily. Her plan was working.