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The Defiance novel

Chapter 6

Updated: 2025-06-30 18:20:02
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---- Chapter 3: Of Saving Time and Energy With a pounding heart, I made my way to my own office where I shut the door firmly. I gripped the door handle until my hands hurt as I leaned back on the cold glass. I closed my eyes trying to calm myself down and forget whatever sensation he nearly resurfaced with his touch and everything he is. And the fear that I nearly gave myself up again was too much. "You can do this, Alice. You can treat him like nothing. Just your boss and nothing more.

You can do this", I kept repeating to myself. 'ITmissed you" His words rang inside my head and crashed like another wave of emotion on my high walls. "You can't crack up" With a few deep breaths, I move at my table picking up folders and papers putting them together on my box under my desk fighting my shaking fingers. I was filing up the most recent reports that I needed to review for the next days when I heard a knock from the door and I saw Marco's head popping out of it.

"Marco, what are you doing here?" ---- "Hey, Mr. Esguerra asked me to help you with moving in on his office?", he said it like he was not sure of what he was saying. Well, who would ever heard of a secretary moving inside the CEO's office. That's could be the most absurd idea. He stepped into the room and walked towards me helping me with everything needed to be sorted out. "Where's Jose?", I asked.

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Jose was our maintenance and I was expecting the old man to help me with my things though I was grateful that it was Marco who would do the job of giving me a hand since I would be feeling shameless to let the old man carry my heavy things like the table, boxes full of books and many more. "So... is it true?", we fell silent on his question. I hinted a suspicion on his voice and I was caught off guard.

Along with some of the boys in our company, Marco was one of those who would always try and make a move on me. But I would say, he was one of the most honest because most of them would just flirt nonsense. He was good-looking, in all fairness of my better judgment , caring and a boyfriend material but then what I plainly feel for him was being a friend. "Well, yes.

It seems like we need to work with so much because...", I trailed off of my sentence when I saw my new boss leaning against the door frame, his ---- arms across his chest and his eyes were trained on me and Marco. My friend immediately lifted the box and carried out of my room and I was sure to my new office. Another man entered and this time, it was someone from the accounting department but I forgot his name. He was newly hired last week.

Stiffly reached for my other stuffs and Seth just stood there watching every thing that was happening. He was like an Egyptian official guarding the poor workers who follows his ever command. I gathered up my personal belongings and held my cell phone on my hand while my other hand was clutching my bag. People moved in and out of the room and I gave them way when they finally disassembled my cabinet and table to easily transfer it out.

When Marco was was working with my cabinet files, I could feel a weird tension around me. Seth still hasn't moved from his posture since. "Mr. Esguerra, don't worry we can do it in a few hours so there would be no needing to guard us. We will definitely finish this up as soon as we can and promise, we won't slack off. The beautiful Miss Alice will surely punish us personally if we do so", Marco said jokingly. His eyes turned from Marco to me.

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