The Defiance novel

---- Chapter 7: Lose Your Mind Seth's POV «,.and Donnie assured and confirmed that he is indeed an important member of that. So... Are you even listening to me?", Maxx interrupted my train of thoughts. He glared at me and shook his head. "What?", I straightened myself from the chair I was sitting in. We were at my mansion's basement which was also where we held important meetings.

My house would not be the typical place where anyone expected me to be living in especially when I own companies and many businesses, it's a big structure yes, but I don't live alone. I have my security team and my most trusted men with me, we were seven in total, no maids or whatsoever, just us, for some reason. "T've been like explaining things to you and you are just blankly staring at me. You've been totally distracted from the start. I know you are the boss but » "T know, I know.

I'm sorry... I'm just thinking of something", I explained massaging my temple with my fingertips . Taking deep, heavy sighs, I heard the metal door opened. "Something? More like someone", Maxx retorted sitting on the edge of the table, watching Jet and Jep ---- joining us, a smile broke out of me. They started talking about something concerning our biggest business but I couldn't bring myself to focus on what they were saying for my mind kept coming back to her. Alice. My Alice.

I knew how much she loathed me when I left without proper goodbye, no explanation but if she only knew just how hard it was for me to leave and not seeing her every single fucking day, it killed me. And having her again so close that I could touch her, it was like my heart started working again, pumping warm blood and oxygen through my body and more.

And all these years that I was away from her, I was trained to control every feeling and emotion that I had but with just the smell of her, I totally forgot what I learned. She made me lose my senses since like God knows when. Up until now, I could still feel her skin so soft and warm and those luscious lips begging to be eaten like the cherry top of my favorite ice cream, so fucking tempting every time. "Can we eat dinner already?" Jep chirped like a whining girl.

They all stood but not until someone barged angrily at the room banging the door against the wall hard enough to leave a dent on it. Its noise filled the room booming like a thunder. A man charged directly at me holding me on my collar.

If this ---- person was just another person I would probably put the bullet on his fucking head without a second thought before he could even take a step close to me or better yet, anyone from my underlings could do the job for me and I would not be thinking about another blood on my hands. But then, this man was not just another man. He was one of my first mates, my first friend, and one of my most trusted guys.

Since he was part of us, his sudden attack on me was not something new to any of us and so my men decided to continue their way to the kitchen while Jet talking about some chick he saw on the way here. Maxx, on the other hand, put his head set on and continued tapping on his tablet while walking out the door. My fucking men! "Nice to see you, D!", Jep shouted as their footsteps faded. Isighed and turned my attention on the man who was seething and throwing daggers at me with his eyes.

"you!", he screamed right to my face tightening his hold on my collar almost choking me. "Calm down, man", I said knowing what he was about to argue on. "T told you to leave her alone! I told you! Why can't you just leave my sister alone for fuck's sake?!", Dean