NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 23
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Claudia barged into Nicklaus’s office with a cup of hot coffee, she drops it in front of Nicklaus.
Nicklaus raised his head and gives her a questioning look.. she sits on a chair in front of Nicklaus’s table.
“Mr Statham, I heard a rumor.. I don’t know if it’s true” she said.
Nicklaus drops his pen and turns to his computer, he starts typing on it.
“What rumor?” He asked, his eyes fixed on his computer.
Claudia stays quiet for a brief moment, thinking of how to ask the question indirectly.
She smiles and leans on the table, but she quickly shrink back onto her chair when Nicklaus throws her a glare.
“I heard some of the workers gossiping about you having a girlfriend…”
She looks at Nicklaus’s face, to see his reaction but Nicklaus simply continues typing.
“… of course I know it’s not true, so I scolded them to stop spreading rumors!”
He stops typing and writes on a note.
“It’s not a rumor, I do have a girlfriend!” He said.
Claudia frowns deeply, she grips on the hem of her skirt tightly.
“Y-you have a girlfriend?” She stutters.
“Hmm” Nicklaus hums.
All these while, he did raise his head or even take a glance at her to see her expression.
“B-but when did that.. happen?” She asked herself.
Nicklaus heard her question but ignores it, he’s focused on what he’s doing.
“Do I know her, Mr Statham?”
Nicklaus finally raised his head, he narrows his eyes before answering.
“No! And I believe you must have walked past each other just now!” He said.
Claudia’s mind flashes back to when someone bumps into her.. but sadly, she couldn’t recall the person’s face.
She groans mentally and gnash her teeth…she should’ve taken a proper look at that so called girlfriend.
“Go to the marketing department, tell Tate to come to my office!”
“Yes, Mr Statham!” Claudia gets up and head for the door.
Nicklaus stops her before she could step out, she turns to him with a flirtatious smile.
“Right, clear my schedule for the rest of today!”
“Any reasons, sir?” She asked.
Nicklaus glares at her and she quickly wipes off her flirtatious smile.
“I expect you to do your job without asking questions!!” Nicklaus growls at her.
“Yes, Mr Statham!” She said and left angrily.
Nicklaus sighs and loosen his necktie slightly, he picks his favourite picture and smiles.
“Nina….”
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Meanwhile, Claudia hides herself in a toilet, with her phone pressed against her ear as she makes a call.
“I swear, he have a girlfriend, it’s a known fact all over the company!” She said.
“Really?! Did you confirmed from him?”
“Yes, I asked him and he said it’s true!” Claudia said.
A sigh comes from the other side of the phone.. after a long pause, the voice finally speaks.
“Have you seen the girl?”
“No, but Aunt Nicklaus wouldn’t lie about this!” She grumbles.
Mrs Statham laughs from the other side.
“Claudia, my son is allergic to women.. he can’t date any lady, until you see her don’t believe those rumors!”
She frowns.
“But I really did see a lady rushed out of his office a few minutes ago”
“It doesn’t mean she’s his girlfriend, she might be one of those desperate girls trying everything to get themselves a good job!”
Claudia thinks about it and nods in agreement, she kinda find sense in Mrs Statham’s words.
“But unfortunately, she came to the wrong place… I believe she left with her heartbroken!” Mrs Statham said.
A smile spread on Claudia’s face, she brings out in relief.
“You’re right, Aunt, I didn’t think of it that way!”
“Don’t worry yourself, darling. Nicklaus is yours!” Mrs Statham assures her.
*Mom, stop giving her false hopes!*
That’s Rhoda’s voice in background, detaste clearly coated her words.
Claudia rolls her eyes at Rhoda’s statement, she knows Rhoda never liked her but she doesn’t let it bother her.
“Aunt, I have work to do.. we’ll chat later!”
“Alright, dear, carry on with your work!” Mrs Statham said.
They both hangs up, Claudia smiles brightly.. she turns to the mirror and stares back at herself.
“Claudia Benson, Nicklaus is yours and yours alone!” She said.
She winks and flips her hair before walking away.
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Marc_Aurelius_law_firm….
Matilda impatiently looks at her watch again for the hundredth time, her eyes travels the sea of candidates.
She’s far behind and there are so many of them, she wonders when it’s gonna get to her turn.
Her stomach growls loudly, some candidates turns to glare at.. she whispers sorry to them.
When they’ve look away, she reaches into her bag and takes out a hamburger.. she quickly takes a bite.
*What’s taking the CEO so long? * She grumbles inwardly.
She came here since 10:30am and some candidates were already here before her… Now it’s 3pm.
She wonders how long they’re gonna wait for the CEO.
“Everyone.. the CEO is here!” Someone yells.
Shuffling sound fills the air as everyone starts adjusting their clothes… and putting away their foods.
A lady walks out of the CEO’s office, holding a clipboard in her hand.
She stops in front of the candidates and glances through her clipboard… she raised her head with a warm smile.
“Matilda Jane Spears?” She calls.
Matilda raises her hand since she couldn’t speak, her mouth stuffed with hamburger.
The lady looks at her weirdly, then shakes her head.
“Come with me please!” The lady said.
Matilda nods and quickly gets up, she flings her bag on her shoulder and gather her credentials in her right.
While her left hand holds the hamburger. The lady eyes her hamburger and smiles.
“Miss Spears, you might wanna hide your hamburger!” She said.
Matilda nods and quickly puts it in her bag… The lady leads the way and she follows.
They step into the CEO’s office, Matilda bows her head slightly since she doesn’t know the temperament of this CEO.
“Mr Aurelius, the first candidate is here!”
Mr Aurelius waves the lady off, he stares at Matilda with a frown.
“Miss Spears, right?” He asked.
“Yes, sir!” She replies.
“Sit down and raise your head up!” He said.
Matilda sits on the chair before her and raises her head up, her eyes grows wide when she sees who the CEO is.
Even the CEO looks surprise too.
“Me too?!” He exclaimed.
“Fine specie?!”
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Anastasia’s pov ?
“Thank you, Graham!” I greet Graham as he opens the door for me.
We both step into Klaus’s mansion… A loud gasp leaves my mouth at the disaster in front of me.
I turn to Graham with a puzzle expression.
“Graham, did an earthquake happened here?!”
He laughs.
“Yeah, you can call it that!” He replies.
I cautiously steps in, making sure to avoid any glass shards I come across.
The living room I always admire everytime I come here, is now completely destroyed!
“What happened?!” I asked again.
“Well, Mr Statham was too angry last night and he couldn’t fall asleep, so he….”
“He choose to destroy his properties?!”
Graham nods… God! What is wrong with rich people?!
How can someone just decide destroy all these expensive stuff.. just because he couldn’t fall asleep!
Maybe this is why he said I should come over to his house.. to clear the mess he’s made!
I sigh, I might as well get to work.
“Er… I think I should get to work, I need to finish this as soon as possible!” I said.
Graham gives me a strange look.
“Mr Statham didn’t send you here to do this” he told me.
“Then why did he asked me to come over?”
Graham does a little thinking and shakes his head.
“I don’t know, but he surely didn’t ask you here to do this!”
I look around.
“Then who’s gonna take care of all these?”
Just then, the doorbell rings and Graham smiles.
“They’re here!” He said.
He rushes to the door and opens it, he lets two men in.. they brought cleaning equipment with them.
“Miss Lopez, this are cleaners from Statham enterprise cleaning department.. Mr Statham send them here to take care of this!” Graham explains.
I wave at them with a smile, which they returns back.
“Miss Lopez, Mr Statham’s girlfriend!” Graham introduces me to them.
“Hello, Miss Lopez!” They greets.
“Hello!” I replied them.
Graham turns to them and orders them to get to work.. immediately they starts working.
Hmm…well, I should do something else to appease Mr Statham…I can’t just stay here idling.
What should I do to earn his forgiveness?
Then a thought cross my mind, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!
Yes! I’ll cook his favorite food!
I grab Graham’s arm and drags him with me towards the dinning table, he stares at me with a frown.
“Ah.. I wanna ask if you might know what Klaus’ favorite food is?”
He tilts his head and thinks about it, scratching his head.
“Mr Statham don’t seem to have any favorite food!” He replies.
“Huh? He doesn’t have any particular food he loves eating everytime?” I asked.
He shakes his head…
“He likes any food that’s delicious!”
Hmm, maybe I’ll just cook him my favorite instead…fish and chips!!
“Fine, I’ll have to excuse myself to the kitchen!” I told him and he nods.
“I’ll see them out when they’re done!” He replies.
I retreat myself to the kitchen.
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After so much stress, I’m finally done cooking.
I slump onto one of the sofas in the living room, my eyes finds the wall clock.. it’s 4:32pm.
Klaus will be home soon, scanning the living room, I nod in satisfaction.. those guys did a great job.
If you aren’t told, you wouldn’t know an earthquake happened here.
A sigh leaves my mouth, I’m bored… this house is big and quiet.. no one is around to talk to.. not even Jerry.
Which is odd! Well, since it’s just me, I should play some music to keep myself busy.
I approach the DVD player and slots in the first disk I saw, I turn on the TV.
Soon I saw Despacito on the screen… It’s not audio as I have thought.
But wait… how come Klaus have this? He doesn’t seem like the kind that listen to music!
?si, sabes que ya iievo un rato mirandote?
The music starts playing and I begin to sing along…I know I’m an American but my Spanish is so not great.
I only sing along the part I know.. when it got to the chorus, which of course I know very well.
I couldn’t hold myself, I starts singing loudly and dancing.. swaying my hips to the beat of the music.
?Despacito… Quiero respairar tu cuello despacito…
Deja que te diga cosas al oido..
Para que te acuerdes si no estas conmigo..
Despacito… ?
I continue singing loudly, in fact my voice is now louder than the music itself… My hands grabs a sofa as I twerk along the rhymes.
I move away from the sofa and reach for the tv remote, using it as my microphone.
My fingers combs my hair roughly, making a few strands fall on my face… I can feel myself sweating now.
But the music has gotten into my head, I don’t care about anything else now.
When it got to the little rapping part, I begin to rap loudly, twerking and breaking my waist accordingly.
After a few more choruses, the music comes to an end… I turn towards the DVD player to replay it but my feet stays rooted on the spot.
My eyes meets with Klaus’, he’s standing by the door, leaning his body against the wall… his arms folded across his chest.
Is that a smile I’m seeing on his face?!
I close my eyes and open, the smile is gone… I guess my eyes deceived me.
His face is red and void of any emotion. I guess he’s getting red from anger.
I gulp slowly and drop the remote control on the table.
“M-master.. you’re back!”
He lifts his body off the walk and approaches me, his eyes staring directly in mine.
“I see you’ve turn my living room into a clubbing house!”
He stops in front of me, he takes the remote control and presses a button.. the song starts replaying.
He walk towards a sofa and sits down.
“Since you enjoy dancing so much, come give me a lap dance!” He said.
“W-what?!”
His eyes hardens.
“I said come give me a lap dance!”
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