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Pointed heels slapped against the burnished floor, the clacking sound bouncing off the walls, as the woman in a maroon cocktail dress cat-walked down the deserted hallway of the topmost floor of a corporate building.
Her legs came to a deadlock as she reached outside one of the office chambers.
She pushed the doors open.
An empty room greeted her.
Her dark green eyes flicked from one corner of the room to another.
A smirk curved at her lips as if she had expected that much.
Jutting her chin out, she walked further into the room.
The door automatically closed behind her as she aimed for an
