Plan To Escape

Viviana didn't waste time after she found a possible way to escape. She tried to open the bedroom door, but it was locked. She cannot get out of the room.

But then walking out of the house using the main door won't be very plausible considering the security measures. She wanted to go through the path used by the woman she saw earlier. It was largely unfettered, and she can find a way to climb the fence from there. She saw a lot of tall trees and she can climb her way out.

She checked the floor-to-ceiling window. Breaking a window would cause a ruckus and she opted to leave it as a last resort. She placed her hand over the glass to check the glass. She found that the glass was thicker than usual glasses.

It didn't seem much when looked perpendicularly, but when she carefully observed the edges at an angle, it suddenly hit her.

It's bullet-proof glass! Not just bullet-proof, it appeared that even a bazooka won't affect the glass. She wanted to cry. The Kastello family is being too paranoid. Do they have nuclear bunkers too?

I'm screwed!

Viviana sighed.

Wait…

Viviana suddenly got an idea. Screw! "Screw" is the answer!

No matter how strong they'd built everything, they'd have screwed everything together, right… especially the windows? Unless they welded it shut…

Of course, the bedroom window was impenetrable. Viviana didn't lose hope and ran to the bathroom. She hoped that they wouldn't have protected the bathroom window that much. Her heart almost dropped seeing the iron grill behind the glass window. But she opened the window and took a closer look.

The grill was screwed to the wall. She did a happy dance. If it was tightened with screws, it could be loosened. And then she can slip out through the bathroom window. She was on the second floor. She could see some pipes and even if she slips, she can survive a jump from the second floor. And from that side, she can follow that woman's path to the fence.

Viviana ran to the bedroom door to check if anyone is approaching. There was no movement in the hallways. She knew she would only have an hour maximum to get out. Someone might come and check on her. They would want to know if she ate her breakfast. She needed to act fast.

Tools…

She tried to find screwdrivers in the dresser and also in the big walk-in closet. The closet only had his suits, belts, and shoes—all black. There were no tools in the room.

She rubbed her forehead thinking of a way. There should be a way. It was when her eyes ended up on the table.

Butter knife and fork!

She picked them up and ran to the bathroom. Where there is a will, there is a way. She does not need to have the perfect tools. She has determination and she will succeed.

She stood on the jacuzzi and got to work. There were so many hurdles till then, and even now she faced a bigger hurdle—the drive of the screw head was complicated. It was star-shaped.

Paranoid lunatics!

Viviana cussed in her heart. Can't they just use slotted screws? It would be easy to unscrew. They had to use Torx screws!

It was very hard to even nudge the screw to loosen with the knife and fork, but Viviana didn't lose hope. Little by little, she will loosen the screw—all fifteen of them. It might take days, but she was determined.

She will escape!

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Leander couldn't stop thinking about Evander's words. He had reasons to believe his brother's words. Why would he lie? And that woman did hurt him in his privates. For her to get that close, she must have been that good.

It made his heart burn in disgust. He was so furious, and the rage couldn't be doused.

But then he remembered that Steve was about to say that Evander brought up that woman for a reason. He too found it odd that no one talked to him about this dinner and when Evander asked to bring that woman to the dinner…

Is he still doubting that I am giving refuge to the woman who hurt him? Even after I settled it with another dead woman...?

He furrowed his brows as his thoughts were disturbed by a notification bell. It was an alarm notification on his phone. He checked it. Someone had opened the bathroom window.

He hurriedly turned on the cameras he installed in and around his house, fearing that someone might try to break in to hurt that woman; someone from his brother's side.

There was no one outside the house except the servants. When he checked the camera in the bathroom, he saw the petite figure working seriously on the grill of the window.

Is she trying to escape?

His eyebrows relaxed but his eyes darkened with a menacing fire. He clenched his hands.

Want to escape, huh, minion?

His lips curved to a dangerous curve.

"Orchid Gardens," he commanded.

The car made a swift turn to his house.

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Viviana was so engrossed in her work that the loud bang at the bedroom door startled her. She hid the fork and knife behind the tub and quickly stepped out.

Just as she stepped down from the tub, Leander entered banging open the bathroom door. And the next moment, Viviana felt the cold marble wall on her back. His forearm was pressed against her collarbone and his hot breath fell on her face as he leaned toward her face. She held his arm to stop him from crushing her neck.

"Do you want to escape that badly?" he asked.

His pupils were dilated out of anger and his nose flared letting the hot breath out. She heard him gnashing his teeth and she inhaled sharply through her mouth.

Viviana's eyes widened and she pressed her lips. She didn't know how Leander knew that she was planning on escaping. She gulped as she was scared of him. She was looking for a reply when he suddenly grabbed her hands and pressed them over her head.

"Why don't you spread your legs for me?" he shouted in her ear. "Am I not man enough for you?"

Her ears got stuffed as he shouted in her ear. That was followed by a shooting pain in her privates. She gasped as she couldn't bear the pain and her eyes watered automatically. She leaned her forehead wet with perspiration forward and inadvertently ended up leaning on his chest.

"…hurts…" she whispered.

She didn't want to lean on him and wanted to lean back, but her eyes blackened with the sudden pain. She clenched her jaws and willed herself to keep herself awake.

"Hey!" he shouted at her and patted her cheeks. "Hey, look at me!"

He shouted. But she heard his voice shaking. She couldn't even discern what was going on for a few seconds.

Only when she saw his finger stained with blood did she realize what had happened.