Chapter 245: Handling Two Stubborn Women
Carmen received news just as she was preparing a tactical team to infiltrate the compound, Isabella had been kidnapped from her home by Los Zetas. This meant a few things. First and foremost, the deal she had to bring down the Drug Queen who was responsible for her partner’s death was now null and void.
This also meant that Isabella may have found herself in a far more precarious situation. Yet despite her attempts to get Redacted to fulfill her end of the bargain under the condition that the DEA rescued Isabella from Zeta’s custody, the mysterious hacker was far from compliant. Instead, she simply stated that “Isabella is safe, and that’s all that matters.”
Because of this, the mature and beautiful DEA agent was now once more stuck with limited options, and the orders to bring down Jalisco, who was now vulnerable due to the fact that their Prince and princess were held captive by their rivals.
Thus, the task force that was created to liberate Isabella was now turned towards the apprehension of the girl’s father. All the while, Alex was struggling with other issues.
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It became abundantly clear to Alex, after he was forced to become the warden of his new prisoner, that he was in an interesting situation. 4/5 of the women in this arc were now under one roof that he shared. All she needed to do was find the mysterious 5th heroine and he would have a much easier time conquering her heart.
But that begged the question. Just who was this mysterious beauty who had evaded his investigations thus far? No matter how much Alex tried, he could not find the missing heroine, and thus all he could do was keep trying to increase his affection with the heroines he had access to.
After discovering that Alex was a cold-blooded killer, Maria had dropped down to zero in terms of affection for Alex. But despite these losses, Alex had made serious gains with two of the other women. Those being Amahle and Isabella.
The young Drug Princess was now sitting at 98/100, and only needed two more affection points before Alex could consider her fully conquered. As for La Madre, her affection bar was completely locked, and could neither increase nor decrease. At least until Alex had conquered the other heroines.
Obviously the easiest of these heroines to max out would be Isabella, but Alex knew that the moment he conquered her heart, she would try to coerce him into sleeping with her. And that was not an option for Alex until the end of the week.
But Amahle was not easily conquered. After all, it had taken two whole arcs to win her favor, and she was still not fully conquered yet. Having no idea how to finish the job, Alex realized he needed to either make strides with Maria, or find out who this mysterious 5th heroine was.
With this in mind, Alex knocked on Maria’s door, who had been hiding inside her room for what felt like forever. The woman did not immediately answer Alex’s request for entry, and thus, Alex knocked harder.
Ultimately, she finally opened the door, and it was apparent by the puffy eyes that she was still crying. But there was anger in her eyes. She did not seem the slightest bit happy to see Alex, and when she spoke, her voice was filled with venom.
“What the hell do you want?”
Alex seemed slightly offended by the woman’s tone and was quick to wear a solemn expression as he spoke of his concern for her wellbeing.
“Honestly, I just wanted to see if you were okay. You have been locked away in your room for a very long time. It isn’t healthy to hide away like this. Please, let me take you out to eat…”
Despite Alex’s kind gesture, the woman looked at him as if he were absolute trash before rejecting his offer.
“No thanks, I don’t eat with murderers!”
She was just about to shut the door when Alex grabbed hold of her wrist and pulled her out of her room. He then made it abundantly clear that he would be taking the woman out for the day, whether she liked it or not.
“I’m afraid hiding is no longer an option. Have you looked in the mirror lately? You’re an absolute mess, Maria! I’m taking you out, and I’m not taking no for an answer!”
The woman attempted to struggle, but it was really no use. Alex was too damn strong for a woman like herself to escape from. And thus all she could do was bitch and moan as Alex picked her up, carried her over his shoulder, and took her out to get her hair done, her nails done, and to eat a nice meal.
All the while, La Madre watched the brief struggle through the monitors in her room. She was eating a bag of kettle corn as she spoke to herself about Alex’s odds of winning over the noticeably lawful woman.
“Alex, do you really think this gesture will win over a woman like Maria? You can’t force a woman like her… She will only grow to resent you for it! Besides, aren’t you forgetting about someone? I’m afraid you have responsibilities now!”
And just like La Madre said, Alex’s “responsibility’ blocked him from leaving the compound. As Isabella demanded to go with Alex and Maria on their little “date”. Left with two incredibly stubborn women, one who wanted to hide away from the world in her quarters, and the other who wanted nothing more than to go out and have some fun. Alex realized his only option was to take the two of them out on a date at the same exact time.
