#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?”

moment, but Delia holds her stare. Emma breaks eye

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

attention back to

you made so many years ago. For a drink.

text comes back faster this

finally paid off. Tonight, 8. You

a sigh of relief. “He took the bait. We’re having

nods tightly while Delia types out the name of her favorite bar, where she and Evelyn have gone so many times. Then, she puts her phone back

asks, taking in her pale face, her

according to plan,” Emma murmurs. “It’s just…it feels so much more real now. So

them, 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

laughs a little, putting her hand to her forehead. “I kind of regret going for the

says, raising her eyebrows. “If you want

her lover’s

before heading to the bedroom. “So what does bait wear on a date to destroy her best friend’s ex-husband!?” Delia calls over

Emma says, laughing, following after

she got from Cliff, her favorite bartender. She’s dressed in a skimpy red dress. Her foot jiggles anxiously,

down, play it cool. She looks longingly at the crispy glass of wine, the condensation gathering on the outside of the glass. She wishes, desperately, that she

long drive after this, and she

a long sip

the door open behind her and forces her shoulders not to tense, even as she hears footsteps draw

say, his voice thick with superiority and control.

smile on her lips and then slowly turns to him. “I’m not sure I’d say eager,” she says, looking him up and down.

the bar. He puts a hand up, signaling to the

Instead, she sits

says, accepting his drink from Cliff, “I was so interested to

that offer you made to me a few years ago. I

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

been able to have children, and that Joyce took it out – physically, mentally, and

drunker, his come-ons had become more and more blatant. Delia had done her best to laugh them off, seeking to make the night easier for Emma, but when he grabbed her ass and whispered in his ear that he wanted to f**k her, Delia had pushed him away and

liked ‘em feisty, and that she should call him someday if she

up on

drink. Delia takes a sip of hers, returning

for me. Then I’ll decide

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