Lana stormed out of Steve's house back to hers, she was so furious and pissed, she got home and knocked but Diane wasn't answering, so she took the spare key from under the mat and she was shocked by what she saw. It was Diane and Bryce making out in the living room, "Diane?!" Lana exclaimed, out of shock Diane and Bryce were brought back from planet mars, "Omg I'm so sorry" Diane apologized, "What's the meaning of this?! I've been knocking for about 10 minutes, Who is he?! So this is what you do when I'm not around?" Anger was detected in Lana's tone, "Come on babe, I didn't hear you knocking and this is Bryce, the guy I told you about" Diane explained, "I don't care who he is, tell him to leave this instant!" Lana said as she stormed off to her bedroom, "I'm so so sorry, I feel awful", Diane said apologetically to Bryce, "It's alright.....I'll call you later" Bryce said and kissed on her cheek, "Ok..." Diane said as she walked him to the door.

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Diane: Babe not cool.....

Lana: Not now Dee.... I'm not in the mood

Diane: Who pissed in your wineskin??! And I thought you were spending the night at Steve's, what happened?!

Lana: Dee.... You won't believe it, it was Natalia! She was at Steve's house

Diane: Uhmmm how's that a surprise? You know she goes there sometimes, she's his personal assistant remember?, why does that bother you all of a sudden?!

Lana: You won't get it, you weren't there!

Diane: Then explain it to me.... *raising her eyebrows*

Lana: She was in his bedroom, on his bed, they were both laughing and chatting together and the worst of  all, it was as if I wasn't even there! She stood up gave him a hug and left without saying a word to me! Can you imagine that?!! Why couldn't they talk in his study or the living room, why his bedroom?! And her attitude!!, OMG, I'm livid right now, I need a drink! *went to the kitchen and grabbed a carton of juice*

Diane: No offense but I can't say I'm surprised, I never liked that bitch one bit, she's lucky I'm not the one engaged to Steve, I would've gouged her eyes out, you need to look out for that trick that calls herself Natalia, she's up to something

Lana: I don't think so..... if there was anything going on, Steve would've told me, I trust him

Diane: This isn't about Steve dummy! This is about Natalia, she might have an underlying motive for doing what she did over at Steve's house, probably wanted to throw you off your game, Steve might not even have a clue, stay away from her!

Lana: No Diane, on the contrary I'll bring her closer, if anything is going to happen I prefer it to be right under my nose

Diane: Hmmm ok.... if you say so.....

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When Natalia got home she called Bryce to come meet her in her house and she seemed to be in a sunny mood, about an hour and few minutes later Bryce arrived and noticed the change in her apartment, everywhere was sparkling clean, she sat on her couch in the living room, smiling from ear to ear with a bottle of champagne in her hand.

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Natalia: What took you so long?!

Bryce: Whoa.... what's going on? What are we celebrating?

Natalia: Victory Bryce! Victory! All our hard work has finally paid off and it means Steve and I are meant for each other, I feel like the luckiest woman in the world *stands up and handed a glass of champagne to Bryce*

Bryce: *Takes the champagne glass and had a sip* That's awesome but I have to say I'm still a bit lost, Steve professed his love for you? What exactly happened, talk to me....

Natalia: *Slaps her her left hand on her forehead* No Idiot, he didn't do that but we had an interesting chat today, he revealed something very intriguing to me, such serendipity!! something that is finally going to take down that slut Lana, the clock is ticking for her now *laughs sinisterly* there's just one more thing I need

Bryce: Hmm.... *raised eyebrows* And what's this thing he revealed to you?

Natalia: Patience my friend, time will reveal it all, consider it to be a surprise, speaking of surprises, what information did you get from your little simpleton girlfriend, what's her name again?? *snaps her fingers repeatedly*

Bryce: Diane....

Natalia: Oh yes.... Diane..... so ravage me! What's the 411?

Bryce: Well...... Nothing beyond the norm, we had cookies and hot chocolate and talked, that's all

Natalia: I don't know if you're aware that we're at war here! This is not a fairytale Bryce! Even the littlest info could be of great use, I need you to penetrate her, not literally but if that's what it takes then fine! Just get her to tell you things, we don't have all the time in the world Bryce, the wedding is in a week and few days, I want to believe you're a smart man that knows how to play his cards right! I will not tolerate incompetence!!! And remember..... All's fair in love and war! Be diligent!!!

Bryce: Hey hey hey hold on, I've been with her even before you started your obsessive plotting and scheming, I have genuine feelings for her okay? You can't talk about her like that..... it's just a shame I have to do this to her, I'm doing you this favor because I want to be free from you......FOREVER!

Natalia: Wow wow wow, I'll love to see how she will react when she finds out that you're working for me, your loyalty better remain with me if you don't want to spend the rest of your filthy life in jail, come on Bryce we are a team, we shouldn't be fighting, I called you here to celebrate with you and now you're ruining it, all this will be over soon I promise, you know I don't like it when we fight.

Bryce: *slightly glares at Natalia* Well.... there's something I noticed today, Lana barged in on us when we were together, I don't know how she did it, the door was locked, I'm guessing they keep a spare key somewhere and she was very upset, she was furious, boiling hot even!

Natalia: *laughs aloud* I think I might know why she was in that mood, in fact I played a major role in that *continues to laugh* victory is assured Bryce, believe that! Just be a good boy