NEEDING TO KISS TO HIDE FROM BAD GUYS
Chapter 20: You?
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Summary:
But still, something about Acxa caught her attention... Taking advantage of the awkward silence as an excuse, Allura decided to open her mouth. "What exactly are you working on?"
Acxa wasn't even fazed by her question, her eyes on Lotor's phone. "Why do you want to know?"
Allura's cheeks got hot, embarrassed for even asking. But, she wouldn't let Acxa notice. "I just don't see you that often here at the company." Not as often as Ezor.
The woman raised an eyebrow, but kept typing on the cell phone. However, once the sound indicating that they had arrived was heard, she stopped using the phone and placed it in her pocket.
The doors opened and Acxa was the first out, walking long strides in those high heels, like a panther in her jungle, her home. As if walking in heels were a thing from day to day... she reminded her of Romelle in the way she walked, yet she carried the same superiority that Lotor emanated at his step. Allura hurried to not be left behind.
"I'm like you."
Her words took a long time to process, until Allura figured out the mysterious woman was answering her previous question. "Are you a fashion designer?"
"No." Lotor had installed an access code for his office, due to security concerns... Acxa apparently knew the password as once she pressed the code, the doors opened. "I am a tool." Acxa replied, a slight, tiny curve in a corner of her lip. "I'm just one more tool of Lotor. A versatile tool that works for him whenever he needs it. That's what you are, isn't it?"
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