Skylar Rhodes had genuine game.

That evening, Adrian Hadley attended a business dinner — the kind of obligation you couldn't dodge when you'd just returned to take over the company. He wasn't enthusiastic about these things, but he wasn't about to kill anyone's mood either. The meal was held at a private club. The host, Ms. Jenson, was angling for another partnership with Pinnacle Industries and needed Adrian's signature to make it happen.

To sweeten the deal, she'd ...