He quickly recovered. “That is, I assume by the way you’ve described her that she wouldn’t...”How to say it without insulting her?“...ah, let down her hair and...” At a loss, he gestured to Shara, to her body displayed in an extremely low-cut tank top. “Do that.”
Knowingly, Shara smiled, then shimmied in her seat.
It caused her fleshy breasts to jiggle. Despite his love of Glory, Mike looked. That was the way of men, and why each needed his perfect woman.
For him, that was Glory.
Mike assured himself that attraction had nothing to do with it. He was a man. Breasts, by way of nature, appealed to his carnal nature.
“I think you’re going about this all wrong.” Sitting forward, Mike was ready to put a plan into action. “If this other woman is as demure as you claim—”
Barking another obnoxious laugh, Shara repeated, “Demure? Damn, dude, where did you come from?”
“Not,” he stated through clenched teeth, “from around here.”
“No kidding. I could tell that right off.”
Again, to hide his identity, he said, “I recently moved here from Canada.”
“Don’t Canadians have an accent?”
“Have you met many?”
“Well... no.”
He had doubts that she’d ever stepped outside of this absurd town. “So would you like some excellent advice or not?”
She held out slender arms. “Lay it on me.”
Getting right to the point—hispoint, that was—Mike said, “Go after him. Make yourself accessible as often as possible. Men are not good at resisting temptation.” Some men. Men who weren’t truly in love. “He’ll crack, and when he does, this other woman will realize he’s not honorable. If nothing else, she’ll be out of the picture and that will give you an opening.”
She wrinkled her nose. “It’ll make me look desperate.”
“More likely it’ll flatter him.” Didn’t matter that Kam had acted all cocksure of himself, so full of confidence. All men suffered weakness of the flesh.
Once Mike had Glory, he’d do better. Hehadto have her—and he would. Very soon.
Now to manipulate Kam’s weakness. “Look at it this way: You could do it for payback. He spurned you, so egg him on, get him enticed, and when the other woman catches the two of you, you can spurn him.”
“Spurn him, huh? You do have a funny way of talking, but I get your meaning. I would enjoy a little sweet revenge.”
Yes,Mike thought,revenge would be very sweet.Once Kam showed his true colors, Glory would naturally turn to him for solace.
Once he had her again, he wouldn’t make the same mistake he’d made with Jenn.
He’d never let Glory go.
Until then, he decided that loud and uncouth Shara could be a fount of information. If nothing else, she could tell him where to find Kam.
Breaking Glory’s window hadn’t frightened her enough to bring her back, but more trouble would come her way. He’d see to it. When it added up, when she got jumpy and possibly clingy, as all women did, Kam would tire of the drama.
Smiling, Mike lifted his hand to get the attention of the waitress. He’d get a few more drinks for his unexpected and largely unwanted guest. Since she was here, he may as well ensure she was useful.
No reason for her to spend her entire life as a waste of humanity.
In fact, given that most of the town looked to be of very moderate means, there were likely others in her circle that he could engage. Why should he do the dirty work himself?
As the drink was set before Shara, Mike decided to get her contact info, and to learn more about some of her friends. If, like her, they were foolish and desperate, he’d have a reliable network set up in no time.
