Mia looked Yvette in the face, tension crackling in the air between them like an electric storm. Yvette's eyes blazed with a mixture of anger and fear, while Mia wore a smug, mocking expression.

"Why are you doing this, Mia? We were friends once," Yvette's voice quivered with emotion, her hands clenched into fists at her sides.

Mia chuckled condescendingly, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Oh, dear Yvette, you still don't understand, do you? Friendship was never part of the equation for me."

Yvette's brows furrowed in confusion. "Then what is it that you want from me? Why go to such lengths?"

Mia's smirk widened, a glint of malice in...