NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 30
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Matilda opens the door of her apartment and steps in, she pause when she sees Jack sitting on a couch.
“Jesus! Jack, don’t tell me you spent the whole night waiting for Tasia!” She said.
Jack gets up with a sad expression, holding his phone in his hand as if he just finished making a call.
“I.. Tasia… I just wanna speak to her face to face” he stutters.
Matilda walks towards a couch and drops her purse.. she sits down and takes off her boot.
“Jack, you should stop trying to see Tasia for now… she can’t just forget about what you did.. she can’t pretend like it never happened!”
Her gaze falls on the phone in his hand.. she release a long sigh.
“I guess you just called her!”
“Hmm” he hums in agreement.
“Just give up already, you’ve ruined your chances with her… ”
Jack shakes his head.
“We just spoke, she said she ain’t mad at me… ”
“Then give her time to get over it, don’t keep bugging her with calls and think she might change her mind to see you… you know her temperament!”
Jack nods, he shoves his phone back in his pocket and suck in a shaky breath.
“I should get going, the shop won’t run itself!”
Matilda nods in support.
“Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!”
Jack turns to leave, but pause when he remembers Matilda just came back.
He clears his throat.
“Where were you last night? And why are you just coming back?” He asked her.
She furrows her eyebrows questioningly.
“What are you now? My dad?”
“Yeah… kinda!”
She eyes him but he didn’t look away, he continues looking back at her, waiting for her reply.
Seeing how he’s not ready to leave without an answer, she decides to tell him.
“I went to a nightclub and couldn’t come back at that late hour… so I spent the night at my friend’s!”
“You have another friend? Isn’t Tasia your only friend?”
Matilda look away from Jack, Marcus’s words replays in her mind and her cheeks goes red in embarrassment.
“Hmm.. your so called friend is a male species, right?”
She sprints up and pushes him towards the door.
“Out! Out! Out!”
“You are avoiding the question!” Jack said.
She finally pushed him out, she slams the door shut and walks back to the couch..
Using her palms to wipe her face, she slumps onto the couch.. she throws her head back and groans.
“I can’t believe i have a one nightstand… God!”
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Statham enterprise….
A group of male and female workers gather around.. discussing or rather gossiping…
*Mr Statham openly introduced his girlfriend to Miss Claudia today!*
*Yeah, did you see the look on Miss Claudia’s face? she was so shocked that she couldn’t speak!*
They laughed briefly at that comment… one of the female workers clears her throat.
She steps forward and pretends to be Claudia, she flips her hair.
*Your girlfriend?!*
She mimicks Claudia’s expression when she heard Nicklaus introduced Anastasia as his girlfriend.
They laughed loudly, meanwhile, Claudia has been listening all these while…
She was just coming back from Nicklaus’s office and heading to the meeting room when she heard them.
“Ahem!” Claudia clears her throat and shows herself.
Series of gasps are heard as they all stared at her.. eyes wide open.
“What was so funny that you’re all laughing about?” She asked.
Nobody dared to say anything, they all take slow steps backwards.. slightly shaking in fear.
“You!”
She points at the lady that was just pretending to be her, the lady takes a step back.. looking for where to hide.
“Report to HR office with your resignation letter on Monday morning!”
“M-miss…”
Claudia scoffs and walks away majestically…the lady glare at her as she walks away.
“She carries herself like Miss world!” Someone said.
“Thankfully, she’s not the future Mrs Statham!” Another said.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
“What were you dreaming about.. that you even had to whisper my name?” He heard that?!
I blink my eyes innocently, why did I have a wet dream of us? how do I answer him now?
“Anastasia?”
I clear my throat and lick my automatically dry lips.
“Nothing… I just dreamt that I…”
His eyebrows raises up, waiting for my answer, but what should I tell him?
I can’t tell him that I dreamt about us, kssing…then an idea comes to my mind.
“I dreamt that I killed you!”
I hear a sharp intake of breath from him, his raised eyebrows furrowed instantly.
“Tell me you made that up!” He said.
“Nope! I didn’t!”
He eyes me before handing a cup of ice cream to me, I takes it and starts eating.
“Thank you!” I muffled out.
He smiles at me…he checks his wrist watch and sighs.
“It’s time, let’s go to the hospital” he said.
I nod and got up, I pick my phone from the table and we both head out.
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LA city hospital…
“Anna!” Denzel exclaims happily when he sees me walk into his ward.
Aunt drops the book she was reading and welcomes me with a smile… Denzel jumps off the bed, wrapping his tiny arms around my waist.
“Aunt Bell”
Nicklaus greets aunt with a nod. Aunt smiles at him, but doesn’t make any move to embrace him… which is strange.
Aunt is a hugger.. unless she knows Klaus is allergic to women!
“Ow! Aunt!” I exclaimed as aunt engulfs me in a very tight hug.
I guess I was so engross in my thoughts that I didn’t take note of her coming for me.
“Anna, there’s good news!” She said and releases me from her tight hug.
“Good news?!” I asked.
She nods happily, she takes my hands and leads me to a couch next to the bed… we both sit down.
“Hey! Anna said you’re not her boyfriend.. what are you doing here?!” I hear Denzel ask Klaus.
I frown and turns to them, Klaus passes me a look that says, really?
I laugh lightly and calls Denzel, he turns to me.. he’s got a stern expression.
Wait.. is he trying to intimidate Klaus? Boy, you’ve got a long way if that’s what you’re tryna do!
“Anna, you told me he’s not your boyfriend.. what is he doing here now?” He asked me.
“Denzel, er.. Klaus is…”
“Denzel” A little boy called from behind Denzel.. cutting me off.
Which I’m thankful for, because I don’t know how to explain our contract relationship to him.
“Bill?” Denzel turns to him.
The little boy frowns as he stares at Klaus, he’s looking at Klaus as if they know each other.
“Uncle?” He calls.
“Uncle?!” I whisper.
The little boy rushes to Klaus and hugs him, Klaus raffles his hair fondly.
I look between Klaus and the kid, they both look alike.. kinda.
“Bill, what are you doing here?” Klaus asked him.
“I came to play with Denzel” Bill replies.
I wonder if Bill is his sister’s son or brother’s son.
“Did you tell your mom about our meeting last time?” He asked Bill.
Bill shakes his head with a smile, his missing front tooth in display.
“Then I’m lucky I saw you here myself!” A lady said, standing by the door.
My aunt and I exchange looks, I’m surprised but aunt doesn’t seem to be… In fact, she looked like she just saw a ghost!
Klaus shuts his eyes and mutters something under his breath.
“Are you avoiding me?” She asked.
Klaus keeps quiet and turn away from her.. ok, I’m confused, who is she?
“Fine, avoid me if you want.. but just know, mom is missing you.. she wants you to come home for dinner!”
Mom? She must be his sister then…she must be Bill’s mother!
“I’m not coming!” Klaus replies.
She frowns deeply, I can feel her getting angry, like the anger has always being in her… but tries to hide it.
“She’s not blaming you, she just wants you home.. do you plan on pushing us away forever?”
She waits for Klaus’ reply, even I am also waiting for his reply…why is he being cold to his sister?
What happened between them? What grudge could he have against his mother?
She nods when she doesn’t get any reply from Klaus, taking a deep breath she said.
“Fine! We’ll let you be!” Then she storms out in anger.
The tension that lingers in the air after she left is so suffocating, Klaus is scowling and gritting his teeth.
Even Bill and Denzel could feel the tension.. such a thick air in here.
Bill and Denzel quietly retreats out.. to play I guess. To ease the tension, I clear my throat and turn to aunt.
“Aunt, you wanted to tell me about a good news?”
Aunt quickly understand what I’m trying to do, she nods and smiles.
“Doctor Hemsworth came yesterday.. he said Denzel’s operation will commence on Monday!”
“Wow! Really?!”
“Yes!”
“Oh my God! Oh my God! Thank you Jesus!” I shout.
A bolt of joy burst within me, I’m so happy that I don’t even know how to express my happiness.
Tears brim in my eyes, I pull my aunt into a hug and let my tears flow and I cry on her shoulder.
“Aunt, it’s happening… it’s really happening!” I chant.
“Yes, sweetie.. the day we’ve been praying for is finally here!”
I didn’t know this day is gonna come so soon, I’m just a broke girl and I didn’t know where I could get such a huge amount of money from.
But Klaus.. God sent him to us, to help us! I release my aunt and got up, I turn to Klaus and pulled him into a hug.
He tensed and was surprised for a minute, before he wraps his arm around me… patting my back.
“Thank you, thank you so much.. I wouldn’t have done this without you.. thank you!”
He chuckles lightly.
“Don’t thank me, this is something I should do!” He replies.
He’s making it sound as if this was his responsibility.. he might be a straight face man, but he’s kind.. he’s got a heart of gold!
“Thank you so much!”
He leans closer to my ear.
“How about you be my contract wife and all my money will be yours?”
I pulled away from him and hit his chest, he laughs at my expression.
“In your dreams!”
“Oh, in my dream we already have two kids!” He said.
I stomp on his feet and he winces painfully… I glare at him.
“Don’t make such jokes with me!”
He nods quickly.. I noticed something, Klaus is kinda free and gentle with me.
Yeah, he’s sometimes strict and I’m a little scared of him sometimes, but…
“Anna, now that Denzel’s operation will commence soon.. when are you gonna resume education?” Aunt asked.
I turn to her with a smile…aunt, this is not the right time to talk about school..I wanted to tell her.
“Er.. I just got a job and I’ll resume working on monday… I think I’ll resume when I have enough money!”
She frowns but nods.
“I’ll start working too after Denzel’s operation, then you’ll return to school”
“Aunt, you don’t have to work because of my…. ”
“Ok, that’s final” aunt cuts me off.
I know she won’t listen to me if I try to talk her out of working.. so I decided to let her be for now.
She turns to Klaus with a smile.
“Nicklaus!”
“Yes, Aunt”
“She’s your girlfriend, watch her… please advise her to go back to school for me, ok?”
Klaus gives me a side glance before turning back to aunt.
He nods. I rolled my eyes, birds of a feather flock together!
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2 hours later…
“Alright, aunt, please take care of yourself and Denzel” I said.
We’re currently outside the hospital, where Graham parks Klaus’ car.
“I will…” She pause and caress my hair. “… you should also take care of yourself, make sure you eat and sleep early!”
I hum and nod, she stares at me a few more minutes before she lets me enter the car.
She says something to Klaus, he nods at her repeatedly before aunt lets him into the car.
Graham starts the car, we wave at aunt until she’s out of sight… I sigh and fall back onto my seat.
“Anastasia, why isn’t your seatbelt on?” Nicklaus asked.
“I’m too tired to put it on!” I replied.
He leans forward and helps me with it, he fasten his too after.
A comfortable silence engulf us, until my phone starts vibrating in my pocket.. I reach for it and see it’s a message from Jack.
I opens the conversation.
*I realize you need some time to fully forgive me, I’ll wait!*
I roll my eyes and shove my phone back in my pocket.
“So… You’re still a student, huh?” Klaus asked while checking his phone.
“Yeah.. you can say that!” I replied.
“When you do you plan to go back?” He asked again.
I thinks about it and shake my head.
“I don’t know, I guess I’ll go back once I have a reasonable amount in my account”
He stays silent.
I don’t know why… but staring at him makes my mind race back to the heated argument he had with his sister.
“Continue staring at me like that and I’ll take it that you’re falling in love with me!” He said.
I rolled my eyes, falling in love with him indeed!
“Mr Statham, where are we headed?” Graham asked from the driver’s seat.
Klaus turns to me, redirecting the question to me.
“Well, I wanna tour around LA city with my boyfriend!” I said.
He stares at me with a frown.
“Your what?”
“My boyfriend!” I replied.
“Who’s your boyfriend?”
“You of course!” I answered quickly without giving it much thoughts.
He stares in my eyes, as if he’s looking for something.. making me frown.
“What are you doing?”
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“I wanna see if you’re being serious”
“Serious about what?”
His lips curves into a smile.
“You called me your boyfriend!” He said.
I did? Then what I said settle in my head.. I look away from him as my cheeks heat up.
“I mean, my contract boyfriend!” I said.
“You can’t just take back what you said”
I ignore him and continue looking outside the window…
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