Hot Revenge Box Set 4

Chapter 25

James

Adam is safely born. Beth is asleep. Richard too…

Nervous exhaustion?

Lol!

It’s quiet. And it’s dark.

And it’s the first real chance I’ve had to sit quietly. To think…

… To consider what Charlotte said.

But… but… you sent me an email, with the link to the site and that photo. I went right through it. They had some lovely things. But I knew you liked that corset so I bought it.

I turn the words over in my head.

Not like her to fall for something like that… Way too canny…

Too suspicious…

So it must have been good.

…

?

It seemed to come from me…

So, someone had my email address…

And baited the message with something so perfect Charlotte had no reason to doubt it…

And they… they…

… they what?

They sold her a corset…

?

?

Weird or what…

Yes… What?

How could they know her that well? To target her so well?

*****

“Charlotte, do you still have that email? The one you said I sent you. Or have you wiped it?”

She glances up from her laptop. “I was just about to wipe it. Why?”

“I’d like to see it. And the invoice for the corset if you still have it. And the packing slip.”

her face clears. “Sure.

couple of A4 sheets. “Invoice and delivery

I’m taking offence at your being targeted. The thing is, this has all the hallmarks of a scam, except that all it

“I’ve not done

to a great deal of trouble if the only intention was to sell

for, but somewhere in the back of my head, alarm

*****

later, I’m still shaking my head. The lingerie company appears to be a perfectly legitimate business. It’s been trading for nigh-on thirty

shows that the directors are authentic, actually exist as people and, judging by the string of

alarm bells are still ringing. Something

couple of adjustments to my online security

pops into my inbox within two minutes.

I read on…

standard marketing stuff. Not inspired, but since they’re selling a quality product that

my seat, fingers drumming

if I

in my chair, but

not surprised. Yes, of course.

to me. An inch of amber nectar sits in the bottom

“Beth alright? And Adam?”

silly grin. “Doing great. Just catching up on their sleep.” He leans in

push the paperwork Charlotte gave me to him, along

shrugs. “What’s so exciting about a sales pitch for

sip the malt, then take a

the time, trying to sell her this or that: clothes, jewellery, bags, hats… For

in Beth’s in-box purporting to

his seat. “No, they don’t.” He pulls at his chin. “If I’m mentioned, it’s because the ad comes from one of the How To Spend It outlets. Usually trying to persuade her that

This email professed to

“Personal email address?”

“No, work address.”

ten-second look at a Haswell

why the personal connection to

did that email lead Charlotte to do? It purported to advertise a lingerie website.

a link. Click-baiting is a common enough tactic with hackers, but this link was to a legitimate

again. “I’m not enough of a tech man to know but, just because a company is legitimate… It’s website too,

course it

take a close look at the link and page together? Perhaps I can ask some numbskull questions that you can

up Charlotte’s email onto the screen, ‘from

to browse this site. Find

match Charlotte for looks, but the suggestion is there: a red-headed girl in sexy underwear which, had I

was right on target, whoever they are.

I already know what I’ll find, I’ve done it three times already. The link is clean, with none of the ‘behind the

the clicker to the home page of the target website. There’s not even that attached tagging that tells the more alert reader that some associate account is

page, looking for anything out of kilter.

Page. Where would she

on the email doesn’t lead her…” And I swallow my

doesn’t lead her

her a request to buy

Christ!

through to find it, scoured the

would have

with the other I

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