Cruel Intentions 3.
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AN : I've always wondered when Cassidy could have persuaded Jason to help her in her pay-back plan against Patrick. Set right after the outdoors swimming-pool scene.
« Why so protective ? » she asked playfully.
Jason frowned.
« Because...
-Because ?
-Just because.
-Just because ?
-Because...I care about you. Do I have to spell it out for you ? What do you want ? » he sighed.
Cassidy smiled and leaned towards him for a kiss. Still smiling, she looked at him playfully over her sunglasses and whispered seductively :
« And that's not all. »
Jason could not believe what he just heard her say. Cassidy, of all girls...
« Are you...teasing me ?
-Is it working ? »
Jason turned around to face her and put his hand on the pool edge, blocking her.
« Of course, and you know it. »
She smiled.
« I need your help, Jace.
-Really ?, he joked.
Cassidy kept her gaze steady on him.
« Waw, he whispered. You're really asking ?
-Yes. »
He leaned towards her and asked softly :
« OK, what is it about ?
-I'm sure you guess what is going to happen next.
-No, what's happening next ?
-I've challenged Patrick. He'll suggest you both play for me.
-Aren't you overestimating yourself, doll ? »
Cassidy smiled and retorted :
« Just think his way for a second ; I'm right.
-Granted.
-Jace, I need you to play his game. And I need you to let him win. »
Jason froze.
« Cass. »
She cupped his face between her hands.
« Jason, it will all be staged and he will lose in the end.
-What's your plan ?
-Charge him for sexual assault. Exactly what he did to Allison. Of course, the case for which he'll fall will be kind of fake, but who needs to know ? »
Jason smiled and whispered :
« I like your thinking. »
She smiled happily and said :
« I'll need his sleeping pills.
-What are you going to say ? »
Cassidy's expression changed all of a sudden, as if in the verge of tears.
« He said he just wanted to talk and he must have slipped something in my drink, cos I started to feel sleepy... »
Jason leaned to her and whispered :
« You're unbelievable. »
Cassidy smiled and gave him the kiss he was silently asking.
« So, are you in ?
-Definitely, he answered.
-Thank you. »
With this, Cassidy got out of the swimming-pool and walked, all grace and poise, to a sunchair near the water. Jason knew right this instant that he definitely wanted her and to be with her, in all the ways possible. This new strategy was, no matter what, just one of them.