Horrible Harvey had form for this, and if they didn’t act, he’d keep doing what he’d been doing all his adult life.
Revenge porn was the lowest of the low, especially when it was perpetuated by a guy who had the computer skills to make sure he was never caught by law enforcement.
She thought of Chuck, and the team of cyber ninjas he’d engaged to help them fight the good fight, and her heart lifted. He’d been such a good friend through all this. Hanging out with him, when she was in New York, was something she always looked forward to. And even though she hadn’t fully decided to accept his job offer, the prospect was growing more and more tempting by the day.
Sienna’s phone buzzed.
Aiden
Showtime.
‘You guys, they’re nearly here.’
‘Ohmygod.’
‘Don’t worry. It’s almost over,’ Sienna promised.
The women moved to the assigned spot, where they were hidden from easily being seen, but still able to look out. Sienna crouched beside a heavily pregnant but incredibly nimble Astrid. This woman made ballerinas look like oafs – she was some kind of freaky, super-breeding princess. Sienna could hear her breathing so hard that she had to reach out and squeeze her hand to remind her to be quiet.
Astrid pulled a face.
‘Not bad.’ A male voice reached them and when Sienna looked up at Paige, she knew it was Harvey, because of the way Paige’s lips were pressed together so hard they’d turned white-rimmed. They’d had to ban Chase and Olly from being anywhere near this guy – Olly in particular. He might have been diffident with a capital D, but he’d made no effort to hide how much he wanted to be let loose on the guy who’d been such a monumental dick to his girlfriend.
‘When do the rest of the team get here?’
‘Soon. The bus pulls up in about an hour.’
‘I thought it was a whole team meet and greet?’
‘Yeah, it is, if you want it to be.’ Aiden shrugged carelessly.
‘That’s what I won at the auction.’
Sienna hid her smile. Thanks to Paige, they knew Harvey was incredibly competitive, so setting up a charity auction with a Titans ‘meet and greet’ package as the prize had been one thing. But getting Chuck to bid on it as though it were the only thing he could possibly want in life had been the perfect bait. Harvey hadn’t been able to resist the chance to one-up his professional rival, nor to show the gathering of East Coast elites just how much money he’d made from his tech empire.
‘So you did,’ Blake murmured smoothly. ‘Okay, we can wait for the whole team, if you’d like. We just thought this might be a bit better if it’s just the three of us. Up to you, though.’
‘What might be better?’ Harvey’s voice was all bravado, but Sienna was sure she heard the slightest quiver. And who could blame him? The guy spent most of his time hunched over his desk and had the physique to prove it. Here he was being confronted with two huge, buff hockey players. It was only natural he’d feel a hint of panic.
‘To show you this.’
Blake grabbed the tablet they’d left on one of the seats, and turned the screen on. They’d linked the audio to the locker-room speakers, so it came out loud and clear.
‘Hey, that’s me,’ Harvey said.
‘Shhh.’ Aiden lifted a finger to his lips exaggeratedly. ‘You’ll miss the good part.’ With Harvey’s attention focused on the screen, Aiden glanced towards the towel rack the girls were hiding behind and risked a wink.
Nah, you don’t let them know. Women get crazy uptight about that kind of shit, but deep down, they love it, even if they won’t admit it.
Bella put her arm around Paige’s shoulders and pulled her in for a hug. Sienna, crouching down, could only pat her foot, but she did so, because she needed to comfort their friend.
‘Is that legal?’ A man’s voice came over the speakers, responding to Harvey’s bragging.
Chuck had roped another Silicon Valley friend into taking Harvey to lunch and getting him to spill the beans. It had been a precision operation, thanks to Chuck and his contacts. For legal reasons pertaining to consent and recorded conversations, Sienna had made sure the lunch took place out of state. Usually, she’d have felt bad about that – in her opinion, people should always consent to everything they did that affected them – but this was Harvey the Horrible, and it was one of the rare instances where two wrongs absolutely made a right. Or something like a right.
Who gives a shit? You and I know how to bury this kind of thing without having our fingerprints on it.
‘And then you put it on the internet. Why?’ the voice volleyed back.
