She expected to wake up in a dark basement.
Yet what she saw completely surprised her. It was nothing like the darkroom, with only one bulb and an eerie atmosphere. She was actually inside a white room with a single bed, a chair, and a table. Sadly, the room didn't have any windows. She moved her arms. In all fairness, whoever kidnapped her didn't even bother to tie her hands. This only meant one thing, right? They are underestimating her or… that they took her somewhere really secure.
'Robot, scan.'
[Scanning in 3…2…1…]
[Scan complete: Location west of the city. John's Secret Hide Out.]
Eh? It was John? Then, does this mean it was Scarlette's idea?
"Awake?"
She wasn't surprised to see the hacker walk inside the room. John was wearing an all-white suit. He had a gentle smile on his face that didn't match the crazed look in his eyes. This man was really weird.
"It's been a while, Miss Sienna. I can't say I am really glad to see you doing well, despite the fact that someone kidnapped you. To be honest, I was expecting you to panic."
"Why am I here?" she asked. She was still wearing the same clothes that she was wearing earlier and from the system's scan, it was also revealed that it was only two hours after she fainted. So, it should be around eight in the evening?
"Don't look at me like that." John held both of his arms up as if he was telling her that he would like to surrender. "It was the condition that someone wanted."
"You mean Scarlette," she stated. "In exchange for what?"
"Her freedom, of course."
"So… you wanted to be with her." Well, that wasn't surprising. John is a bit unsteady. However, unsteady people are the best. In her opinion, they are the easiest to manipulate.
"Of course. We are destined for each other." John smiled. He sat on the only chair inside the room. "I would love to offer you some tea, but I don't like to upset her."
Sienna didn't say anything. Seeing this, John continued. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?"
"As if you — " John squinted at her. Then he added. "The information that you gave me was true. This propelled me to ask Scarlette to stay with me. And she agreed."
"Wrong."
"Excuse me?"
"It was wrong for you to ask her."
"You— "
"Don't you get it?" Sienna sighed. "I didn't want to pity you young sir, but you are indeed foolish."
"You— " John's face flushed. "Stop spouting nonsense."
"Well, if you are not foolish," she made a deliberate pause while making sure that she got his full attention. Right. John was listening to her. He wanted to hear what she had to say. Instead of hurting her for calling him a fool, the man still gave her a chance to speak. This only meant one thing.
John had doubts, too.
And this might be the reason why she is still alive until now.
"Scarlette wanted to leave this country. And you are helping her do just that by giving her what she needed."
Right now, Scarlette was almost a hundred percent sure that Sienna was targeting her. And judging from her character, Scarlette would surely run away. Why? You asked?
Because she wanted to live.
That's the only thing that is inspiring Scarlette to do evil deeds.
She wanted to live a happy and prosperous life.
"She asked you to kidnap me so… no one would stop her. Then she would leave with your money and the police would arrest you for kidnapping." She tilted her head and studied his reaction. Contrary to her expectations, the man wasn't doing anything crazy. He was just sitting in there calmly.
"So you were saying that she is still planning to live? She could have left the day that I let her out. I didn't ask my people to follow her. But she didn't."
"Of course she wouldn't." Sienna rolled her eyes. "If she leave now, she won't be able to survive out there." Sure, Scarlette knew the future, but does she really know everything that is going to happen in other countries?
The answer is no.
Not unless she had some sort of system that would enable her to remember the things that happened in her past life. But since she didn't have any of that, it means that she would be almost helpless abroad. Without the help of other people, without any stepping stone, and with no knowledge of the future, she wouldn't live.
After all, her skills are just mediocre at best.
"You mean…"
"The upcoming assembly would give her the qualifications to be accepted in any well-known companies all over the world." She just graduated and she didn't really have any outstanding achievements. But winning the assembly would change that. It would change everything about her future.
"You mean the software that she was working on now…"
"Yes." Judging from the dark look on his face, it was obvious that he knew a lot of things about this software. Sienna decided to add fuel to the fire. "I knew she was working with a company to make a better version of the software… but now that she promised to be with you…"
She didn't continue the rest of her words. That should be enough clue for him, right? No. Even if it wasn't enough, John was a bit narcissistic and definitely had the tendency to be paranoid. He would surely overthink and would realize that Scarlette was just using him!
And just like that, John left the room without saying anything else.
Sienna waited for him to lock the door before she eyed the camera and smiled. That man is going to come back soon.
With that, she lie down on the bed and decided to rest.
She would be busy from now on.
…..
John's Office.
John couldn't help but cursed as he sat on his leather chair. His initial suspicion was indeed right. Scarlette was using him all along. At first, half of him didn't want to believe it. After all, he saw that Scarlette had a good heart, too. She was just like him. She was kind and wouldn't hesitate to help other people.
However, the proof that Sienna gave him changed everything.
He eyed the camera that was recording everything inside Sienna's room. Seeing the woman calmly lying down on the bed, he shook his head and sighed.
Sienna was kidnapped! Why was she so relaxed? The woman didn't show him an iota of fear earlier. She was completely calm when talking to her kidnapper, too. He understands that this was Sienna Rouse, the frightening CEO of ROUSE Tech. But this wasn't enough reason for her to act so calmly in these kinds of situations!
Really? She was still calmly sleeping after she knew that she was being kidnapped?
Wasn't she scared that he would hurt her? Or worse, kill her?
"Tsk!"
John's attention darted towards his right-hand man, who followed him inside the office. "What?"
"I heard the conversation."
"I know!" John hissed. This man was standing outside of the room earlier.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Nothing!"
"Nothing?"
"Right. Nothing. Let's pretend that nothing is wrong.. I would talk to Miss Rouse again later for a decent plan." Scarlette wanted to trick him? Him? That woman will surely regret it!
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