“Ah, Nicholas, you’ve made a very costly mistake,” Gianna muttered to herself as she closed her phone.<br/><br/>It wasn’t hard for her associates to discover what transpired at the auction house. Even though certain information was meant to be kept private, a few hundred pounds in the pocket of the storeroom manager was more than enough to find out how the paintings were being shipped to their buyer. When they had the company name, they handsomely paid one of the administrators, and a familiar name was reveled.<br/><br/>Nicholas was an old friend of her ex-husband, one she didn’t mind staring at when things got boring. He had a rather dreadful attitude, at least for her taste, which is why she never bothered to pursue him other than eye candy. This lead to him being something of a fly, always buzzing in and providing an irritation for her, only the fact that he managed to dupe her with the paintings felt like a slap in the face.<br/><br/>Gianna was very prepared to make a series of calls and ruin his life. It wouldn’t have been hard, and within a few months, she could have ground him into the floor with her foot. But the truth was that she was so furious, she wanted him to truly suffer, but didn’t know how. It seemed like everything she could think of wasn’t enough to punish and humiliate him. She wanted to drag him through the mud for the whole world to see, for him to admit that she was so much better than him…<br/><br/>…and a devious thought struck her. Why<em>couldn’t</em>she do that? There was nothing stopping her, and she had done far worse things in the past. She laughed suddenly as it all fell into place. She could get the paintings back and humiliate Nick in the process.<br/><br/>She quickly turned and strode down the hall, moving towards her computer. She had quite a bit of shopping and planning to do. As it was right now, she didn’t have nearly enough kinky toys. But how to draw Nicholas in? No doubt after his little stunt, he would love the chance to face her down. It was part of the thrill. Easy enough. Every year, she held a charity auction as a fundraiser. Nicholas probably wouldn’t mind if an invitation slipped into his mail.<br/><br/>Gianna chuckled again, feeling much better about everything with her revenge steadily approaching.