Upon reaching her floor, Olivia went straight to the fire exit and relieved her aching feet from the clutches of her pumps. This was her first time using the fire exit and she took a deep breath as she estimated the number of steps on the flight of steep stairs that would lead her to her residence at the penthouse suite. In reality, the apartment on the fifty-sixth floor was her office which she used as a decoy apartment to accommodate Maxen that night.
"Twenty-five steps. I was right," she uttered under her ragged breath before blowing out the remaining air in her lungs. She counted along with every step she took up the stairs to make sure her estimation was correct.
