In Thomas Office

Dave frowned as he stepped into Thomas's office, and he walked in slowly, while the shameless lady quickly picked up her pant that was on the floor to wore it back, as her hands were trembling, before she hurriedly wore it to leave the office with her head bent lowered and avoiding Dave gazed on her, as he stood, while Thomas sat down first on his executive office seat, and he pretended like he didn't noticed the lady was dressing up in his office before she left.

Thomas beckoned on Dave to seat, as he said,

"Seat Dave and tell me why you are here?."

Thomas voice was cold, while Dave stared at him angrily and to the shameless young lady whom quickly left. And he questioned Thomas,

"What was she doing here in your office?."

Dave finally took a seat, and Thomas replied, "None of your business Dave. Just tell me why are you here and get out."

Thomas took out a cigarette up to his lips and lit it, while Dave sighed and replied,

"Don't act like you don't know why am here. Why did you seize some of my credentials and threatened to expose the underworld, if I don't resign as the new CEO of blacks cooperative?."

Thomas smiled and he replied, "Now your are talking Dave."

Dave continued to stare at Thomas coldly, like he wanted to pounce on him, and tore Thomas apart, while Thomas said,

"You see Dave, You don't need to ask me about it. As you and I both knows that you don't belong here, neither are you supposed to even be the CEO of Dad's company in the first place."

Thomas smirked, and he blew out the cigarette thru his nostrils, and he continued,

"You don't belong here Dave. As your mother was supposed to have aborted you long ago, and not bring you into this world to drag what doesn't belong to you and you shou ." before Thomas could completed his sentence, Dave drew him closer by his neck collar, and slapped him hard across on his face, startling Thomas whom stared at him in shock, as he wasn't expecting of Dave to attacked him..

Dave has never attacked Thomas before, even though Thomas used to attacked him first, and hit on him when they were younger, before reporting Dave to their father.

Thomas's cigarette automatically fell off from his lips, and Dave dragged him roughly to stood up with him,

"How dare you mention my mother's name here Thomas?" Dave slapped Thomas again, and Thomas quickly used his left hand to pressed on his office alarming bell, And the security men quickly rushed into his office to separated them.

Thomas glared at Dave in shock, and Dave warned him,

"Have always been keeping quiet for you Thomas, all these while for peace to rain. But I won't be quiet to watch you insult my mother again, The next time you mention my mother's name again, I will not spare you and will ensure to box you off from the face of this Earth, to go and join her too in heaven."

Thomas finally shook his head and he thundered, "Get out from my office Dave! Get out!."

Thomas stared at Dave irritably, and he held his left cheek that Dave had slapped harder, as his cheek burned and string in pain, as it automatically became swollen.

"You cannot do anything Dave!. You should be the one to be boxed off.. As you don't belong here.. and you can never be a part of our family, get out!" Thomas thundered, pointing to the exit door and Dave glared at him too, and glanced to the security men guarding Thomas, before he said,

"Fine, I will leave, but let this serve as a warning to you Thomas."

Dave turned to left Thomas's office while Thomas screamed out,

"There's nothing you can do Dave! Get out! And go and resign.. Else I will force you to do so! and you will never be able to walk freely on the face of this Earth again, nonsense!."

Dave paused by the exit door and he stared back to Thomas coldly, before he finally walked out.

Just as Dave stepped out, he bumped into someone again, and as he stared to her face, he exclaimed,

"You again!."

"Hi!.." Jane tried to spoked as she hadn't thought of meeting with Dave too there.

"What are you doing here? And where are you going to?"Dave asked her with narrowed eyes, knowing the only door behind him was Thomas's office.

Not waiting for Jane to responded, Dave quickly held her right hand, and dragged her out of the White Copper Entertainment House, along with him. As he dragged her outside of the building and to the garage, where his car was parked, while Jane walked quickly with him, until he finally let go off her hand, startling all the people and security guards around, that were staring to them.

Letting off her hand, Dave asked her angrily, "Don't tell me you came here to work with them?."

"No.. I actually came for my interview as am an actress" Jane replied, and Dave eyes narrowed, knowing what Thomas was capable of doing to pretty young actresses, and he said,

"Since you haven't been hired yet, Don't you think is best for you to quit now and go check for some auditioning interview elsewhere?."

Jane was speechless as she was still still trying to caught her breathing from Dave dragging her out roughly, and Dave rather turned to got into his car, but he apologized,

"Am sorry for the embarrassment earlier."

Jane only nodded, as she didn't understood the reason as to his disapproval, and she watched him got into his car, and drove off, while she walked back to her car, As her heart was still beating loudly in her chest, in shock as to the moment he just dragged her out.

She was lucky she wasn't wearing high-heels shoes, as she hadn't expected of him to care for her, like an elder big brother would. And she remembered he stated Ashley was in his custody, as her father confirmed to her before she left the house, that Ashley went to attacked him.

Jane sighed and went back to her little car, as she wasn't surprised about his refusal for her to work with Thomas, knowing about Thomas flirt too from the rumors magazine, but she hadn't taken it seriously, not until Dave dragged her out now.

She started her car's engine, and drove back home to search for other auditioning entertainment houses that she would applied in again.

***

Back in Blacks Co-operative, Dave walked in straight to his office, and slammed the door hard behind him, as never in his life, had confronted nor fought with his elder stepbrother Thomas Harry before. Even though, Thomas was only a year older than him, and used to beat him up in the past, he allowed all that, as he respected and loved Thomas.

Dave walked to his executive office seat and sat on his office seat, and he murmured out,

"I cannot continue to sit and watch Thomas treat me anyhow he likes. Being born by another mother made no difference."

Dave adjusted his necktie to loosen and he swirled on his office seat sideways as he was still annoyed and he sighed heavily,

"Hmph.."

Dave was exhausted and annoyed. And he wondered again, if Ashley truly worked for Thomas, as he was surprised to saw her younger sister there, and he wondered if he could trusted Ashley or not. Or just remain coded and stick with only his men that he could trust.

Just then, Dave heard a knocked, and he questioned out,

"Who's there?!."

Mark immediately stepped into Dave's office, and he asked, "Boss, how was your confrontation with Thomas?."

Dave sighed first and he stood up, and walked up to his office fridge, while Mark sat on the available guest seat, and he watched Dave opened his fridge and pulled out a cold bottle water, while Dave cocked it opened, and he gulped it down in a go, with Mark continuing to staring at him..

"How else Mark? Thomas is crossing the lines to far, and am not going to sit and watch him trample on my hard labours too. I won't be quiet this time, as I have already served him a warning" Dave finally replied, as he stared around his office and threw the empty bottle container into his office waste bin, and Mark sighed, as he already knew and anticipated a day would come, where the Harry family brothers will be at war with each other, especially when their father is no more..

"Hmm. But I hope you both can still settle this out amicably. His still your brother Dave" Mark said, as he tried to advised his boss.

"No his not Mark. Thomas doesn't see me as a brother, and he has said it too, countless times, that I don't belong to their family, and he would never see me as one!" Dave answered.

"Hmph.. So what are you going to do now, resign for peace to reign?" Mark sadly questioned, with worried expression drawn on his face. As he didn't liked Thomas, Luke or Brown either. To now become as his new boss, but Dave bursted out laughing..

"Resign for who Mark? Hahaha."

"There's no way I would resign and chicken out for them. After all these years that I've watch them lived happily with their mother for years, while mine was killed and poisoned to death, So this should be my compensation from father. So am not resigning. Thomas threat are empty and he knows, he cannot expose the black gang no matter the proof he has, so no need to worry about  him" Dave said, as he stretched and Mark asked,

"How about the Red Eagles Boss?. Did you still visited Mr Dot concerning his daughter in our custody?."

"Yes I did. I was there earlier" Dave replied, and he remembered Mr Dot told him, that he would visited Ashley to spoked to her.

Dave asked Mark, "Did Mr Dot visit here, while I was away?."