Читать книгу Substitute Seduction - Cat Schield - Страница 9
Оглавление“We need to get back at all of them. Linc, Tristan and Ryan. They need to be taught a lesson.”
When Everly Briggs had decided to attend the Beautiful Women Taking Charge event, she’d researched the attendees and settled on two women she believed she could convince to participate in a devious plot to take down three of Charleston, South Carolina’s most influential men.
Each of the three women had shared a tale of being wronged. Linc Thurston had broken his engagement to London McCaffrey. Zoe Crosby had just gone through a brutal divorce. But what Ryan Dailey had done to Everly’s sister, Kelly, was by far the worst.
“I don’t know about this,” London said, chewing on her coral-tinted lip. “If I go after Linc, it will blow up in my face.”
“She’s right.” Zoe nodded. “Anything we try would only end up making things worse for us.”
“Not if we go after each other’s men,” Everly said, pierced by a thrill as her companions started to look hopeful. “Think about it. We’re strangers at a cocktail party. Who would ever connect us? I go after Linc. London goes after Tristan and, Zoe, you go after Ryan.”
“When you say ‘go after,’” Zoe said hesitantly, “what do you have in mind?”
“Everyone has skeletons in their closet. Especially powerful men. We just need to find out where the worst ones are hiding and let them out.”
“I’m in,” London said. “Linc deserves to feel a little pain and humiliation for ending our engagement the way he did.”
Zoe nodded. “Count me in, too.”
“Marvelous,” Everly said, letting only a small amount of her glee show as she lifted her glass. “Here’s to making them pay.”
“And pay,” London echoed.
“And pay,” Zoe finished.
