Chapter 268 - Abandoning Beauty (1/2)
Scarlet was still dazed, not processing what was happening and still shell shocked from the sight of someone getting shot and bleeding out in front of her. None of what Leah said or did was registered in her brain even when Alex was getting slapped by Leah. Her eyes were dull and her behaviour unusually calm as if her soul wasn't present.
Both Leah and Alex noticed this about Scarlet after a while and Alex growled when Leah asked Scarlet if she was mute.
”I was talking to you, answer me you s.l.u.t!”
The hotel heiress raised her hand to strike Scarlet but Alex was faster. The model swung her bound legs towards Leah's face when she came closer. Alex's heels made contact with Leah's chin and there was a sickening cracking sound as Leah was flung backwards from the force.
Unlike them, Leah wasn't the type to practise martial arts or work out. That one kick from a well-trained model sent her unconscious and Alex checked on Scarlet. Her sister was still dazed but the only person watching over them was now unconscious. Alex didn't waste time, she quickly tried to free herself from the wire-ties.
Bringing them to a presidential suite was a terrible miscalculation on Anastasia's part. Alex was extremely familiar with the things they had and her eyes fell on the weapon of her choice.
It might be difficult to stand with her hands bound behind her and her ankles tied together but Alex didn't give up. She wriggled like a worm, abandoning all her beauty, grace and dignity. The distance between freedom and her was only a few hops away from the bed. The wine glass by the counter could be grabbed with her teeth and Alex knew that the bathroom floor was made of hard tiles. She could break it there and lock herself inside to work on getting out of her restraints.
After ten long minutes, the wire-tie behind her hands were finally broken. Alex had never been happier and quickly checked the device on her anklet. It was still working so Alex quickly cut the wire-tie on her ankle and ran towards Scarlet on the bed to cut the wire-ties.
”Scarlet, nod if you can understand me.”
There was no response from Scarlet and Alex inhaled. For now, it would be better for Scarlet to not do anything. Her sister wasn't in a good mental state and if triggered, Scarlet might completely lose it, becoming a danger to her escape mission.
The model quickly searched Leah for possessions and found a phone. The phone was locked with a passcode and Alex cussed until she noticed that there was also fingerprint access. She bound Leah with some shredded pillowcase fabric and stuffed her mouth with a face towel provided by the hotel before borrowing the unconscious heiress' finger to unlock the phone.
For convenience's sake, Alex reset the password on the phone to something she could remember and dragged Leah into the wardrobe to shut her there. For safety precaution, Alex tied the door handles together and checked on the main door using the peephole.
There were guards in front of the door who didn't look interested in anything that was happening inside. Alex swallowed hesitantly as she touched the lock on the door nervously. Since there was no way of escaping from here, it would be safer to lock the door and block it off completely to buy time for them. Alex spent a nerve-wracking minute locking the door and latching it slowly before she pulled over a heavy couch to block it entirely.