Revenge with Benefits by Cat Schield

Author:Cat Schield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Desire
Published: 2019-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Zoe caught herself humming as she worked on the books in her “office” in the back room of Second Chance Treasures. For the first time since she’d signed the lease, Zoe glimpsed light at the end of the tunnel and knew they were going to be okay. The relief made her feel lighter than air.

Or maybe her positive outlook had more to do with Ryan.

After being married to Tristan for eight years, she was cynical enough to attribute her happy glow to all the fantastic sex she and Ryan were having, but deep down she acknowledged there was more to it. She enjoyed hanging out and talking with Ryan. And the man actually listened while she went on and on about her hopes for the store and the challenges of helping victims of domestic abuse. He didn’t shy away from her need to vent and Zoe valued that as much as she did his glorious kisses.

“Here’s the mail,” Jessica said, setting a stack of envelopes on the desk and startling Zoe out of her musing. “Is it okay if I head to lunch in ten minutes?”

“Sure.” She realized it was nearly noon. She saved the spreadsheet she’d been working on and closed her laptop. “I’ll just go through the mail real quick, and then come up front.”

“No hurry. The morning rush has mostly cleared out and Eva mastered the register really fast.”

With the store’s desperate and immediate financial pressures eased somewhat, Zoe had hired Eva to replace Magnolia. Like Jessica, Eva had a school-age child, a daughter with her mother’s blond hair and big brown eyes. She had a neighbor who could watch the little girl on Saturdays so Eva could pick up some extra hours at the store.

In the wake of the theft, Zoe had pondered what to do about reporting the stolen money. After much soul searching, she’d chosen not to pursue legal action. Magnolia had never struck her as a thief. If she needed the money that badly, her situation must have been desperate. And Zoe was all too familiar with how that felt.

Besides, the way traffic continued to increase over the last couple of weeks, the store was in a much better situation. She might be able to bring on even more help. The irony wasn’t lost on Zoe. None of this would be possible without Ryan and Susannah’s support. Zoe had wormed her way into the candidate’s orbit so she could dig up dirt. Instead she’d been helped by Susannah working her connections to bring Second Chance Treasures to the attention of other well-meaning socialites. The word-of-mouth advertising had brought women in, but it was the quality of the inventory that encouraged them to pull out their wallets.

It seemed as if ever since she’d set foot in Susannah’s campaign headquarters, her financial and emotional situations had taken a positive turn thanks to the Dailey siblings. And how was she responding to their kindness? With betrayal and lies.

Hundreds of times a day she sought a

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