CHAPTER FIVE

Chapter five

Dave

“Great, see you tomorrow, Hazel,” I smiled to her and she nodded, before standing up.

“I will see you off,” Nicole said to her and she nodded once more and looked at me, I flashed her a smile and she looked away before picking up her files which I just remembered I didn’t even look at and turned to leave. But that’s okay, there is absolutely nothing in that file that I can’t find out if I want to. I looked up at Nicole to see her looking at me, there was a frown on her face, obviously, she was still not convinced that I should hire Hazel without interviewing other applicants. But she doesn’t know one thing, I don’t want those applicants, I only want Hazel, there is something about her that is pulling me to her, a force I will like to find out and I can only do that if she was close.

I watched as they leave, my eyes went to the small back of Hazel and then how she was moving those hips, I was suddenly overcame with the urge of approaching her in quick strides and slapping that ass, the thought alone already got me really turned on and hard but I shook my head at that. There is no need to rush, she would be close to me from tomorrow, and I will get to do whatever that I want with her, oh, I can’t wait.

Right after they left, I stood up and followed them, as I came out, I saw Nicole walking with her to the elevator and smiled, she was sure as hell going to bombard her with questions, but it doesn’t matter, no matter what she thinks or believes, Hazel is my secretary and I am already looking forward to working with her, oh it’s going to be fun. I glanced at the applicants, all waiting and wondering why Nicole was leaving with Hazel, and all looking at me for answer. I smiled and walked past them, I have gotten what I want and have no business with them. I walked to my elevator and pressed my floor.

Getting into my office, I was surprised to see someone sitting on my chair and when he swirled in the chair to face me and I saw his face, I rolled my eyes, who else would have that audacity if not my step brother, Clark. “What are you doing here?” I asked, walking into my office and taking of my jacket.

He stood up then, knowing that I would push him off if he doesn’t get off my seat, I’m not good at pretending, he can go ahead doing that but we both know we are not close so there was no need pretending when we are alone. “Didn’t Jake tell you about the meeting with Damien?”

I looked at my wristwatch, asking, “is it time yet?”

“No, but he came early, we need to go meet him.”

I sighed, going anywhere with Clark is the last thing I want to do today but the company really needs Damien’s cooperation so I grabbed my jacket and put it back on before walking towards the door with him behind me

“I heard you interviewed an applicant for your secretary personally,” he began.

“You heard or you snooped around?” I retorted.

“And why on earth would you imagine that I snooped around?” he rolled his eyes when I looked at him.

“Because it’s what you do and also, it’s not been up to thirty minutes that it happened for the news to circulate around.”

“Okay, let’s say that on my way to your office I had stopped at the conference floor to see how the interview was going but I saw Nicole outside and asked her what was happening. She told me you were interviewing an applicant.”

“See, that’s exactly what I said, snooping around,” I answered.

“Dave,” he grabbed my arm to stop me from getting into the elevator, “what happened, happened, I don’t see why we have to hate ourselves for something our parents did. Yes, you are angry that dad cheated on your mother, I understand you but what about me? I have been known as the illegitimate son all my life where as you lived your life comfortably, you proudly called him dad in public while I have to do that in secret. You go on vacations with him while I only get to see him twice in a month. Your mother was known as his legal wife while mine as the mistress until she was finally upgraded to wife five years ago. Can’t you see, you had it better than I did, but yet I am the one trying to bring the peace between us. Don’t you think it would be better if we set our differences aside and be like the brothers we are?”

It took all the strength in me not to clap for him for his nice speech, “wow, how long have you been planning all that to say to me?”

Clark sighed, “Dave, please, as the elder brother, it is my duty to fight for the peace, but it’s not going to be possible if you don’t help me. Dad called, he told me you guys had a fight again this morning.”

“Yes we did and we are going to keep having it until he stops bugging me to be at peace with you.”

“Why can’t you do that?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Because I don’t want a brother,” I answered and snatched my arm from his hold and walked into the elevator. I heard him sigh before following me and I pressed the ground floor. The seconds in the elevator was spent in silence, I could see him trying to talk to me but doesn’t know how to, probably wary of me exploding. And he is damn right about that, one more word from him and I would explode. I can’t take this, not anymore. He is always acting as the good son which is why dad was often angry with me, he always say I should be more like him, but how can I be more like him?

Clark is a snake, a chameleon, he can play the good son very well but that is something I can’t do, I don’t know how to pretend, you annoy me, I take it out on you right there, I don’t know how to keep a fake smile on my face, so asking me to be like Clark is asking me to be a chameleon. He can fool everybody else but definitely not me, I could see through his façade, he is not as good as he claims to be and I’m going to do everything I can to prove that. He should just pray not to slip, because all I need is one mistake, one mistake from him and I’m taking him down.

We walked out to the reception and while he stopped to chat with our receptionist as he usually does, I walked out of the company and towards my car. Seeing it parked in my space, I knew Jerome found the idiot that occupied the space in the morning. As he saw me, he came towards me immediately and opened the car door. Just as I was about getting in, I looked opposite me to see Hazel running to get into a cab, if she was just living, it meant I was right, Nicole bombarded her with questions which delayed her.

Just watching her run, I could feel the anger that Clark arose in me dying off, a smile appeared on my face as she tripped and almost knocked down an old woman, she wasn’t just chatty, she was clumsy as well and I made up my mind that instant to tell Jake to get me everything about her, I can’t wait to know what new things I would find out about her. As she got into the cab, the car sped off and I watched it till it disappeared before getting into my car. I found myself, looking forward to seeing her tomorrow again, she just knows how to amuse me and I’m not sure how far she is going to keep doing that but I was willing to find out.