#Chapter 170 – Seduction

The next morning, Delia and Emma sit at the kitchen table, Delia’s phone between them.

“Are you ready for this?” Emma asks, hesitating.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready for this,” Delia says, her eyes wide.

Emma nods, understanding. She knows what she’s asking of Delia. She’s sending her into a situation that was potentially violent, unpredictable, dangerous.

“Hey,” Delia says, reaching out and taking Emma’s hand, reading the worry on her face. “I agreed to this of my own free will. If I wasn’t willing to do it, I would have said no.”

Emma nods, but shakes her head at the same time. “It’s just…it’s not right. It should be me, taking the big risk.”

“Yeah,” Delia says with a smirk, glancing down at her fit body. “But we both know that I’m the better bait.”

Emma just rolls her eyes.

Giving Emma a wink, Delia screws up her courage and grabs the phone, sending the text that they’d carefully crafted this morning.

Delia: Hey. We haven’t talked in a while. But I’ve been thinking about you…

Then, they wait.

The reply takes a long time – hours, it feels like. So long that both women get bored, moving around the kitchen, doing chores to keep the already-spotless place clean. Passing the time.

But then, suddenly, the phone blinks.

A new text message.

Emma stops, holding her breath, staring at it. But Delia moves to pick it up.

Joyce: I’m not surprised. I’ve been thinking about you too.

Delia reads it aloud to Emma and then they both stare at each other.

“What should I write back?” Delia asks quietly.

“I have…no idea.” Emma says, her voice quiet.

“Come on, Emma,” Delia says, putting a hand on her hip in frustration. “He’s your husband. What does he like?”

but Delia holds her stare. Emma breaks

now, and then let him take control later. Let him feel

back to the phone. She types

you up on that offer you made so many years

text comes back faster

like planting old seeds finally paid

breathing out a sigh of relief. “He took the bait.

name of her favorite bar, where she and Evelyn have gone so many times. Then, she puts her phone

asks, taking in her pale

to plan,” Emma murmurs. “It’s just…it feels so

putting her hands steadily on Emma’s shoulders. “It’s all going to be okay,” she says, giving her a small smile. “This is going to work. And then you’re going to have your vengeance. And then we’re going to be free.” Delia whispers the last word like the

a little, putting her hand to her forehead. “I kind

“If you want to leave

She looks into her lover’s eyes, her face growing determined.

a quick peck on Emma’s lips before heading to the bedroom. “So what does bait wear on a date to destroy her best friend’s ex-husband!?”

following after her. “Definitely

her favorite bartender. She’s dressed in a skimpy red dress. Her foot jiggles anxiously, and, noticing it, Delia sighs and forces herself to

the crispy glass of wine, the condensation gathering on the outside of the

long drive after this, and she needs to keep her

long sip and draining

forces her shoulders not to

Joyce say, his voice thick with superiority and control. “She

smile on her lips and then slowly turns to him. “I’m

her, leaning casually on the bar. He

– it’s her least favorite drink. Instead, she sits quietly, waiting for him to take

his drink from Cliff, “I

And I’ve always been…curious. About that offer you made to me a few years ago. I wanted to see if it

two years back Emma had invited Delia to the family’s Christmas party, hoping to have a friend to support her at the event. Delia had been happy to come,

then, that the marriage between Emma and Joyce was failing. That they had not been able to have children, and that Joyce took it out – physically, mentally, and emotionally – on Emma. She also

the night easier for Emma, but when he grabbed her ass and whispered in his ear that he wanted

and that she should call him someday if she ever wanted a good

was Delia taking him up on

Delia

up,” Joyce says languidly. “Do a spin for me. Then I’ll decide if the offer

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