NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 15
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
“Tasia, what happened? Is Denzel ok? What did doctor Hemsworth said?”
Tilda bombards me with series of questions when I step into the living room…I check my time and see it’s already 7:12pm.
“Tilda, it’s late, why aren’t you sleeping yet?” I asked.
She takes my bag and we both walk towards a couch, I sit down and she sits next to me.
“I couldn’t fall asleep, I was worried!” She said.
I sigh..yeah, Denzel does makes everyone worry about him.
“So…what happened to him?”
I shakes my head and lean into the couch.
“Nothing, he just got into a fight!”
She blinks rapidly as if she’s dreaming or misheard me.
“Did I hear you correctly?! Denzel got into a fight?!” She exclaims.
I nod.. she’s surprised, this is the first time Denzel’s ever gotten into a fight.
“Yeah”
“Why? He shouldn’t be getting into fights.. it can affect his health!”
I nod in support. She’s right, he might get himself injured while fighting.
“He’s promised not to do it again!” I said.
The sweet aroma of cake swifts through my nose and I momentarily close my eyes to savour the aroma.
Just then it clicked in my head.
“Where’s Jack?” I asked.
“Gone!” Matilda replies simply.
“Gone?!”
She nods.
“Gone where?!” I asked.
Matilda sighs, she gets up and head towards the kitchen.
“He got a call and said he has something to do back home, so he left!”
She steps into the kitchen, making some noise in there.
“Oh! But he said he wanted to celebrate his birthday with us!”
“Yeah, but you spent so much time at the hospital.. he couldn’t wait any longer”
She comes back with a small cake and drops it on the table.
“Here! For you!” She said.
“For me?”
“Yeah, Jack originally baked it to celebrate his birthday.. but since he’s not here now, he said you should just take it as a gift from him!”
Ok.. I’m confused. Why is Jack giving me a gift on his birthday?
It’s supposed to be the other way round.. I should be giving him gifts instead.
I turn to Matilda, she’s already cutting the cake and eating it.
“I thought you said it’s mine?”
“Yeah…” She trails off and swallows the cake in her mouth. “.. but you seem hesitant to take it!”
I roll my eyeballs.
“You’re just being a glutton!”
She chuckles lightly and continue stuffing her mouth with the cake.
“I can’t believe I missed Jack’s birthday!” I grumbles.
It’s all Klaus’ fault, had he not hold me back to cook for him, I wouldn’t have missed Jack’s birthday.
Tomorrow I’ll make it up to him, we’ll go touring…or should I say I’ll take him out on a date.
I smirk…it will be nice if Jack and I start dating.
Maybe I should tell him how I feel about him, he might give me a chance…I feel myself blushing.
Matilda snaps her fingers in front of my eyes.
“Stop daydreaming and listen to what I’m saying!”
I glare at her.
“Technically, it’s not daydreaming since it’s night already!”
“Then what is it, night dreaming?”
I twist my lips and thinks about her question…I nod.
“You can say that!”
She eyes me and shakes her head.
“Right, Tasia, how is Denzel’s operation going? Has Mr Statham paid the bills yet?”
“No….”
I don’t know why he’s not talking about it yet. He said he’ll pay if I become his fake girlfriend, which I am now.
“Why?! I thought he already promised to pay it?”
“Yeah, I’ll ask him tomorrow!”
She nods and continues eating. I sigh and lean back on the couch, I guess I should do something to show Klaus my sincerity..
That way he can pay Denzel’s bills faster…but what should I do for him?
Hmmm, go over to his place and sleep on his bed….no, that’s my job.
Hmmm, maybe I should just cook another meal for him…but I remember how he was rubbing his stomach after eating my food.
No! It seems like my food upset his stomach…if that’s the case, I wonder how he’s doing right now.
I sighed deeply again, I’ll think of something else before morning.
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Authoress’ pov ?
The next morning….
Nicklaus hears a knock on his door, he groans and squirm on his bed.
“Come in!” He groans out.
The door open and Graham walks in.. Marcus follows behind him.
Marcus halts abruptly when he sees Nicklaus tossing on his bed, his arms clutching his stomach.
“sht!” Marcus exclaims. “I didn’t know it’s very serious!” He said.
Nicklaus turns and manage to sit upright, resting his head against the headboard and he hisses quietly in pain.
“Mr Statham, your medicine!” Graham said.
He hands Nicklaus some drugs and a glass of water, Nicklaus quickly swallows the drugs and hands the water back to Graham.
“Bl.oody he..ll… I thought Graham was just bluffing me, I didn’t think you’d be a walking dead by now!”
Nicklaus glares at Marcus at his last statement, Marcus simply smiles.
“What? I’m saying the truth!”
Nicklaus shakes his head.
“Wait, why did you eat the food when you know it’ll upset you?”
He watches Nicklaus’s appearance, he looks so haggard…dark circles under his eyes… his hair falling all over his face.
“Nina.. cooked for.. the first time.. ever!” He manage to say.
Marcus raised an eyebrow and smirks.
“Ah! Who would have thought that the cold, straight face Nicklaus would have a soft spot for someone?” He tease.
Nicklaus ignores him, he’s thinking of ways to make this stomachache stop.
“But Nicky, how can you love someone you haven’t seen for years now?” Marcus asked.
He’s being thinking about this all the time.
“I don’t know… Maybe it’s because she’s being on my mind all these years!”
Marcus nods, he pause and reaches for his phone, he finds a game and begin to play.
“Well, thankfully, you haven’t died yet because of love!”
Nicklaus turns to Graham, he clears his throat.
“Graham, what about the task I assigned you?”
“It’s done, Mr Statham.. the money was transferred to the doctor’s account!”
Nicklaus nods.
“What did he say?”
“He said the operation will commence once they find a healthy kidney!” Graham reports.
“That’s good, call Claudia and tell her to clear my schedule until noon… I need a nap!”
Graham nods and rushes out, Marcus paused his game and faces Nicklaus.
“You still wanna go to the office in this condition?”
“I’ll be fine after taking a nap!”
Marcus gets up and walk towards Nicklaus, he sits on the bed next to him.
He holds Nicklaus’s face in his hands and looks at him tenderly.
“Baby, give yourself a break, don’t be a workaholic, ok?”
He makes kssing face at Nicklaus.
Nicklaus pushes Marcus hands away and glares at him.
“You scoundrel”
He lays down and covers himself with his blanket.
“Leave my room!” He chases Marcus out.
Marcus simply laughs and blows Nicklaus a kss.
“I can’t leave you in this condition, I’ll be waiting for you downstairs!”
Nicklaus grabs a pillow and throws it at him.
“Get out!”
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“Mr Statham, are you sure you can still go to the office?” Graham asks Nicklaus.
They’re walking down the stairs, towards the living room.
“Why don’t you just stay in today?” Graham asked.
Nicklaus sighs frustratingly when he’s had enough of Graham’s nagging.
“Mr Graham, I’m fine!” He tells Graham.
They step into the living room and sees Marcus sleeping on one of the sofas… a magazine laying on his stomach.
He snores softly.
Graham wanted to wake him gently but Nicklaus stops him… Nicklaus places his fingers on Marcus’s waist.
He tickles him and Marcus jerks up, looking around frantically.
“Where’s barrister Brooks?” He asked.
Nicklaus bites his inner cheek to stop himself from laughing.
“Barrister Brooks? Who’s barrister Brooks?” Nicklaus asked.
Marcus pushes his eyeglass up and glares at Nicklaus.
“When will you stop waking me up like that?” He asked.
“When will you stop wearing sunglasses in a place where there’s no sun?” Nicklaus asked him back.
Marcus removes his sunglass and puts it in his pocket…still glaring at Nicklaus.
“Childish!”
“Hooligan!” Nicklaus tells him.
Marcus points at himself speechlessly, his mouth hangs open as he couldn’t find any words to speak.
“Me.. I.. hooligan?!”
Graham shuts his eyes and shakes his head.. he knows his boss and Marcus are gonna turn this living room into a playground soon.
“Yes!”
“You said yes?!” Marcus yells.
Nicklaus turns away from him when he hears his doorbell rings, he waits for Graham to get the door.
Nicklaus’s eyes lit up when he sees Anastasia walk in, he takes a step towards her but Marcus pushes him away and rush to her.
“You?!” He exclaims as if he has known Anastasia from somewhere.
Anastasia’s step falters as she looks at him in confusion.
“Me?!” Anastasia asked.
“Yes, you don’t recall my face?” Marcus asked.
Anastasia frowns and shakes her head.
Nicklaus stands aside, watching them in confusion too, wondering how they knew each other.
“I’m the lawyer that met you at that cafe the other day!”
Anastasia still doesn’t seem to remember.. Marcus sighs and clears his throat.
“No matter what you’re going through, you shouldn’t think of committing $uicide…”
He pause and watches Anastasia’s expression.. she seems to be in thought, like she’s trying to remember.
“… do you remember? I told you these words at the cafe and I also gave you my card!”
That’s when Anastasia finally remembers, she smiles and nods.
“Yeah, I remember!”
“Right.. I can see you didn’t commit suicide after all”
Anastasia laughs briefly.
“I wasn’t thinking of commiting suicide, I was just frustrated!”
Watching how freely Anastasia and Marcus are familiarizing with each other..
Nicklaus suddenly feels something burning in his stomach.
He clenches his fist and clears his throat, reminding them of his presence.
Anastasia stops talking with Marcus and turns to Nicklaus.
“Klaus, I didn’t know you have a visitor.. I wouldn’t have barged in like this!”
Nicklaus moves closer to her and wraps his arm around her waist… she wanted to move away but Nicklaus’s grip tightened.
He leans closer to her ear and whisper.
“If you want me to pay your brother’s bill, then play along!”
Anastasia quickly behaves herself and puts on a very bright smile.
Nicklaus smirks.. if only she knows the bill has been paid, he thinks.
“Marcus, meet MY girlfriend, Anastasia Lopez!” He said… emphasizing on the word ‘My’.
Marcus stares at Nicklaus’s eyes and almost burst into laughter, but composes himself since Anastasia is there.
Marcus reaches out his hand for a handshake.
“Hi, Marcus Aurelius!”
“Anastasia Lopez!”
Anastasia reaches her hand forward to shake his hand…but Nicklaus quickly pulls her hand back and shakes Marcus’s hand himself.
He squeezes Marcus’s hand and Marcus groans silently… eyeing Nicklaus.
Marcus snatches his hand back.
“So, Anna, what brings you here this morning?” Marcus asked Anastasia.
“Oh! I brought Klaus his breakfast!” Anastasia said raising a lunchbox up.
Nicklaus’s eyes bulges out at the sight.. he almost throws up but hold himself.
“Not again, Nina!” He grumbles coherently.
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