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.”

face

couple of A4 sheets. “Invoice and delivery note.” Shaking her head

has all the hallmarks of a scam, except that all it appears to have achieved is to sell

“I’ve not done something stupid,

the only intention was to sell you expensive

for, but somewhere in the back of my head,

*****

It’s been trading for nigh-on thirty years and the only thing that’s changed in that time

with the registrar reveals that the company listed on the paperwork is the same one as is connected with the website. A further search shows that the directors are authentic, actually exist as

alarm bells are still

of adjustments to my online

inbox within two minutes. Welcome to Arcadia Lingerie! We’re thrilled

I read on…

inspired, but since they’re selling a

sit back in my seat, fingers

I join

spin in my chair, but it’s

surprised. Yes, of course.

pulls up a chair by my desk, slides a glass across to me. An inch of amber nectar sits in the bottom of the glass. He sips from his

“Beth alright? And Adam?”

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

me to him, along with some of the print-offs I’ve

them, then shrugs. “What’s so exciting about a

then take

trying to sell her this or that: clothes,

Beth’s in-box purporting to come from

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 I need

email professed

“Personal email address?”

“No, work address.”

He inhales… “… that’s public information. Anyone taking a ten-second

which case, why the

wrong end. What did that email lead Charlotte to do? It purported to advertise a lingerie website. What exactly did she do

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

“I’m not enough of a tech man to know but, just because a company is legitimate… It’s website too, perhaps… Does that necessarily mean that an individual

course it fucking

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

up Charlotte’s email onto the

site. Find something you like. Life’s getting back to normal

modelling the corset is there: a very attractive redhead wearing an emerald green corset. The model can’t match Charlotte for looks, but the suggestion is there: a red-headed girl in sexy underwear which, had I really sent this message, is just the kind of thing I would have suggested for

on target, whoever they are. This is no random spam. It’s targeted…

done it three times already. The link is

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

page, looking for anything out of kilter. But

Where would she go next? How about the page it’s showing on the email? The

the link on the email doesn’t lead

link doesn’t

Charlotte believes I have sent her a request to

Christ!

find it, scoured the

would have

one hand, with the other I mouse through menus until I find the image from

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