Chapter 167
There was a short
silence in the shed.
Then the three of them burst out laughing in unison.
“That is the spirit, Janet!” Morgana cried, “You have got to make that bitch pay!”
“I believe you already have a plan?” Westin looked at Janet with a grin.
“I do,” Janet nodded.
Kass pursued eagerly, “Then what is it? There are only 3 days left before the wedding, so we better hustle. What can we do to help? Please let me be a part of it. I can’t miss out on the fun!
“We can abduct Harper. Make her miss the wedding,” Morgana suggested.
“Our we can hire somebody to throw paintballs at her wedding dress! It would be a blast to see her walking down the aisle covered in paint!”
“Actually…”
Janet said, interrupting their heated discussion, “I am thinking something more subtle, something that can keep ourselves off the radar. Westin still needs to get me out of the city that night. We don’t want to draw too much attention.”
“Don’t worry about that,” Westin smiled at her in an indulgent sort of way. “You can overturn the entire palace and that is fine. You have my back. But tell us what you were thinking originally?”
“The thing that Harper cares about the most is her reputation.”
Janet said in an icy tone.
“Her reputation stinks in Riverside Pack. Now she probably thinks that she can start over and become the most powerful woman in a place where nobody knows her…Well, I am not going to let that happen. I will expose her past. I will rub her reputation on the floor.”
Westin rubbed his chin, “Makes sense. But how?”
“There are pictures.”
Janet said.
“Pictures that she will not want her future husband and all the guests at the wedding to see.”
Kass let out an astonished gasp.
Morgana cried out enthusiastically, “Well great! Do you have those pictures with you?”
Janet shook her head, “No. All I know is that Harper keeps those photos in an album on her phone. If there is a way for us to get hold of this phone-”
“I can do it,” Westin said.
Kass and Morgana looked at him, skeptically.
“You?”
Kass asked in a highly doubtful manner.
you. A common s
Stealing the Queen’s phone? Seriously, Westin, don’t try to
swallow more than you can chew.”
Westin shrugged, “You said it yourself–I am not just a common soldier.”
He turned to Janet and pecked her cheek.
“I better get to work,” he said in his usual husky, sexy voice. “Can I see you in your room tonight?”
“Of course,” Janet smiled.
Westin left the shed in long strides..
Morgana snuck up to Janet and whispered into her ear, “Seriously, Janet, do you really trust this guy? He seems off to me…”
“I trust my instinct, which has never betrayed me for once.” Janet patted her shoulder, “Now, shall we go and get your soldier Claire out of that kitchen?”
They went back.
Janet switched places with Claire.
Nobody in the kitchen noticed that she was gone for quite some time. The headmaid was still lashing at the others for being sluggish.
After a long day of peeling potatoes and chopping vegetables, Janet went back to her room, exhausted.
The bathroom wall that Daran destroyed during the fight with Westin had been fixed.
Janet tried the water tap. It was working soundly, now.
She popped in for a quick shower and sat on her bed, waiting for Westin to show up. When the clock struck eleven–fifty, a knock came on the door.
Janet rushed to get it.
To her surprise, Westin did not come alone.
He brought that maid named Gill with him.
Janet stood frozen by the door, holding the door panel with one hand, and looked at Gill with high alert.
This woman was not very nice to her before..
“I ask her to help.” Westin explained, “She is responsible for changing the bed
sheets in Harper’s room.”
Janet lowered her voice, “Can she be trusted?”
Westin nodded, “She wouldn’t dare to say a word.”
Gill seemed very nervous,
She constantly looked beyond her shoulder to see if there was anyone else in the hallway.
“Can we p
please hurry?” she asked in a strained voice, “I really can’t stay for long…! “Where is it?” Janet asked.
Gill reached into her pocket and took out a cell phone.
Harper’s phone.
“I lifted this from her nightstand. She is in the shower right now…But when she finishes the shower and comes out looking for her phone and can’t find it-”
“I will be done with it in 5 minutes,” Janet said.
She reached out to take the phone from Gill.
Yet Gill clenched onto it and would not let go.
“Don’t be mistaken that this means I like you!” Gill hissed, darting a hostile glare at Janet. “I am doing this as a favor for Westin. If I get caught later, I will absolutely throw you under the bus!”
Janet let out a light sneer, “Noted. Now hand it over. We don’t have much time, do We?”
She took that phone from Gill. Westin shoved her a laptop.
“I think you might need this.” he t
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