NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 29
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
Statham enterprise… this was where led me to Klaus, I smile as I stare at the tall building.
My mind flashes back to the day I met Graham, his broken bumper was what connected me to Klaus.. my helper!
I have being here a few times but it was trouble that always brought me back… Unlike today, I’ll briskly walk in with all confidence.
“Miss Lopez?” Graham calls.
“Huh?” I answer in a questioning tone.
From the way he’s staring at me, it seems like he’s been talking to me or he’s waiting for me to say or do something!
“Mr Statham he is waiting for you” he nods at Klaus.
I turn to Klaus and sees him holding the door for me, that’s when I realized I’m still in the car.
He raises his curvy eyebrow, making step out of the car quickly.
“What were you thinking about?” He asked me.
About how I was kicked out of your company for being dishonest! I replied him mentally.
I shake my head and simply smile at him. He walks closer to me and snakes his arm around my waist.. I blink at him.
“You’re my girlfriend, I believe it’s normal for me to hold you!” He said.
“Correction, I’m your contract girlfriend!”
I try to move away from him but he didn’t let me, he tightens his grip on my wai$t.
“I don’t care if it’s a contract, you’re my girlfriend and that’s final”
“No, it’s not final.. what if my future husband is around and he hears you saying this?”
It would just ruin my chances with him and I would remain single until I die.
He growls lowly, clenching his jaw and grips my waist more tighter.
“I dare any ba$tard to come ten feet near you!” He said.
I glare at him.
“Are you cursing me?! You don’t want me to be in a relationship?!”
“You are already in a relationship!”
“Fake relationships don’t count!”
He glares at me and I glare right back at him, he doesn’t say anything.. he simply leads us inside.
*Mr Statham!* Workers greets Klaus as we walk in.
They stopped whatever they were doing and look.. no, gaze at Klaus in a surprise expression.
Wait, today is Saturday, why are there so many people here? Don’t they have weekends on their calendar?
“Mr Statham!” A female voice greets Klaus, drawing my attention.
She’s that lady that kicked me out, she looks different today.
Sexy but graceful… her hair wavy hair falls perfectly on her shoulders.
“Claudia!” Klaus said.
Claudia?! She’s the Claudia?! Is she his Claudia?!
My eyes are widely open, my eyebrows raise on their own accord…my jaws drops open.
An audible gasp leaves my mouth.
A warm smile spreads on her beautiful face, but the smile falters when her eyes lands on Klaus’ arm around my waist.
“Mr Statham, you….” She trails off.
A look of recognition flashes across her eyes, when she sees my face.
“Aren’t you the candidate I sent away?” She asked.
I hide my face behind Klaus, praying the ground would open up and swallow me…I close my eyes.
“What are you doing here again?”
I feel Klaus turn to take a look at me, there’s a short moment of silence before he speaks.
“Why was she sent away?”
“She came for an interview and lied!” She replies.
“Oh? She lied?”
“Yes, Mr Statham, she arrived very late but claimed to arrive earlier… According to our company’s policy, I sent her away!”
Well, we can blame that ok the urgency by which I needed the job… I had to lie.
“What is she doing here with you, Mr Statham?”
Klaus pulls me forward, he removes his arm from my waist and damps it on my shoulders.
“This is my girlfriend, Anastasia Lopez!” He said.
“Your what?!” She exclaims loudly.
Making everyone turn towards us, Graham drags their attention away from us.
Now it’s Claudia’s turn to be surprised… she stares at us without blinking, her mouth slowly drops open.
From her expression, I can tell she’s trying to reject the information she’s hearing.. or finding it hard to digest it.
I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel kinda happy hearing Klaus introduce me as his girlfriend.
Even the look on her face right now is adding to my joy… which is strange.
“You have a girlfriend?” She asked rhetorically.
“Yes! And starting today, she’s my VOPA!”
VOPA?! I turn to him with a confused expression.
“My very own personal assistant!” He explains.
Humph! He obviously made that up, then his words settles on my head… his very own personal assistant?!
“What do you mean, Mr Statham?” Claudia asked.
“Starting Monday, Anastasia will resume working here as my assistant… You can tell her whatever you wanna tell me and she’ll relate them to me!” He tells her.
“What?!” Claudia and I exclaimed.
He ignores our exclamations and turns to Graham.
“Graham, make arrangements for Anastasia… I want her table in my office!”
“Yes, Mr Statham!”
He leads us towards an elevator, it’s a private elevator.. the doors open and we step in.
I frown slightly when I see Claudia taking another elevator.
“Why didn’t she come in with us?” I asked.
“Mr Statham is allergic to women” Graham reminds me.
Then there’s silence, we wait patiently until the elevator stops, then we walk out.
“Mr Statham, the directors are waiting!” Claudia said.
She steps out of her elevator the same time as us.. she gives me a side glare which I don’t understand.
“Graham, take Anastasia to my office!” Klaus tells Graham.
“Yes, sir!”
Klaus looks down at me, he smiles.
“I’ll try to finish in time and come to you!” He said softly.
I simply nod, he follows Claudia off somewhere, to a meeting room I guess.
“Miss Lopez, this way!” Graham said.
I sigh and followed him.
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Matilda’s pov ?
“Jesus!” I groan and sit up, pulling my blanket up with me.
My hands locate my head as I feel it getting ready to explode anytime… my mouth felt dry.
And I’m feeling a little dizzy, I throw my head back on the headboard.
“Tasia…” I called.
She didn’t respond, I suck in a short breath.
“Tasia.. I need water!” I called loudly this time.
She still didn’t respond, then my mind flashes back.. she was with Mr Statham last night.
My eyes move to the nightstand, I see an aspirin and a glass of water… not even thinking about how the water and aspirin got there.
I quickly swallow the medicine and keep the glass back on the nightstand.
Resting my head against the headboard, I close my eyes for a few minutes and feel myself getting better.
“You’re awake!” A male voice startles me.
I jolted up and stared wide eyed at the man in front of me… Mr Aurelius?!
He drops a tray of tea and bread on the nightstand, he sits on the bed next to me… He reaches out to feel my temperature, but I quickly move away.
“What are you doing in my apartment?” I asked him.
He frowns and raised an eyebrow at me.
“Your apartment?” He asked me back.
I nod, he scoffs.
“You might wanna look around!” He said.
Look around? What does he mean?
With a frown on my forehead, I look around. My jaw drops open and my eyes falls out of their sockets.
This isn’t my room! My eyes move to the bed I’m sitting.. this isn’t my bed!
“Where am I?” I asked.
“My home!”
“Your home??!”
How did I get here? Was he the one that brought me here? It must be… Who would’ve bring me here if not him.
But why? Why can’t I seem to remember anything from last night?
“Mr Aurelius…”
He gives me his attention, not that his attention wasn’t already on me. I clear my throat.
“.. how did I get here?” I asked.
“You don’t remember?” He asked me back.
I shake my head, with a curious glint in my eyes.
“You don’t remember what happened between us last night?”
My eyes grew bigger than before, I can feel it getting ready to burst.
“Something happened between us?”
He nods seriously.
“A lot of fun things happened.. do you wanna know what happened?”
Something happened between us? Does that mean we had sx last night?
“Last night.. we have a very wild night….”
A very wild night?! How?!
“We did so many things, like….”
“Stop!” I cut him off.
I quickly jump off the bed, luckily I’m already in my clothes, the one I wore to the club… My purse is laying on a small table, I snatch them.
“I don’t wanna hear it, let’s just pretend like nothing happened.. we didn’t see each other yesterday!” I said and head towards the door.
He gets up and turns to me.
“Where are you going?” He asked.
I smile nervously.
“I’m going home”
“Going home…. why not stay for breakfast!”
I quickly shake my head, I smile at him.
“I don’t wanna have breakfast, I’m not hungry!”
“But…. ”
“Thank you for your hospitality!”
I rushed out and slams the door loudly, I run out of his home.
I mean, I can’t believe I have a one nightstand with my almost boss!
God! This is so embarrassing, I hope I never see him again.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
It’s been just a few minutes since Klaus went for his meeting, but it feels like forever to me.
After Graham brought me to Klaus’s office, he said he had to go put something in order with Klaus’ car…so he left.
Now it’s just me and this big office.. and I’m gonna be bored to death if Klaus doesn’t come back now.
Just then my phone rings, reaching for it, I saw it’s Jack.
I glare at my phone screen, finally, I decided to receive the call.. I can’t keep ignoring his call even though he lied to me.. because of old days sake.
“Hello?”
I hear a sharp intake of breath from him and a shuffling sound, then he speaks.
“Tasia…” He called my name in a broken voice.
I didn’t speak, I wait for him to continue.
“… I’m sorry, I’m really sorry…I shouldn’t have lied to you, I was just being selfish.. I.. I.. can I see you please?”
I suck in a large amount of breath before speaking.
“Jack, I’m not mad at you. Yes, I am disappointed at your behavior.. but I’m not mad, there’s no need for apologizing!”
“Then can I see you?” He asked quickly.
I frown, why does he wants to see me urgently.
“I’m afraid not!”
“Why? You said you’re not mad at me, right?”
I open my mouth to speak but he didn’t let, he continues.
“I just want you to tell me face to face, that you’ve forgiven me!”
“Jack…. ”
“Please, Tasia, let’s meet!”
Ok, I don’t understand why he’s insisting on meeting with me…does he have a selfish motive?
Hmm, no, I can’t meet with him… I guess it’s time I use my fake relationship with Klaus to my advantage.
I clear my throat.
“Jack, I can’t meet with you.. in fact, we can’t see each other anymore!”
“Why?”
“Because I have a boyfriend now!”
“A boyfriend?!”
“Yes!”
There is a long pause from him, I know he wouldn’t believe me but it’s my only way out.
I need to make it clear to him that it’s over between us.. we can’t work.
“I don’t believe you!”
Yeah, I expect that from him.
“If you’re in a relationship your marital status on Facebook wouldn’t be single… why aren’t there any pictures of you and your boyfriend on your social media accounts?”
I rolled my eyes.
“We just got into a relationship besides, I don’t think I owe you any explanation!” I said and hang up.
I lean back on Klaus’ big chair and puffs out some air.. now I regret receiving his call.
But he’s right though, if I want to fool him with this fake relationship.. I must make it a little bit real.
Hmm, it’s time Klaus and I do some couples activity.
We’ll both go grocery shopping today after visiting Denzel.. grocery shopping? No, Jerry must have done that.
Then we’ll go for window shopping or we might just tour around LA city.
The door opens and Claudia walks in, I had expected Klaus but…
She stops in front of Klaus’ table and glares at me, I simply stare at her.
“How did you do it?!” She asked.
“How did I do what?” I asked her back, feeling a little bit confused.
“How did you make him touch you?”
I frown, is this a question I’m supposed to have an answer for?
I simply shrug.
She puts her hands on the table and leans forward in an intimidating position, she narrows her eyes at me.
“Listen, I don’t care where you came from or how you managed to get Nicklaus to touch you…”
Hmm, is must be the assistant having a crush on her boss like in the movies.
I think I can guess her next words now.
“… but know this, he doesn’t love you.. he’s just using you as his cure, he dump you sooner or later!”
“Hmm, I think we should wait until he dumps me!” I replied her.
Her brows knit together in a deep frown.
“Don’t be too comfortable, little girl…”
Little girl?! How old are you exactly, grandma?!
Yeah, she’s a few years older than me but that doesn’t makes me a little girl to her!
“… his family know me too well and I’m the one they choose for him, so you don’t have a chance against me!”
“His family choose you but he didn’t.. don’t get too excited!”
Hold on a sec, why am I talking back at her? Klaus and I aren’t real.. maybe it’s because I like how I’m irritating her with my words.
I love getting under her skin because she humiliated me few days ago!
“You are not….”
Her phone’s ringtone cuts her off, she quickly reach for it.
“Hello, Mr Statham!”
She pass me a smug look as she speaks. I scoff.
“You aren’t even on first name basis and you said his family choose you!” I said a little bit loud so she can hear me.
She heard me but didn’t reply, she only glares at me… glaring must be her specialty!
“I’ll be bring it right away, sir!” She hangs up.
She picks a file from the table and glares at me one last time before heading out… I release a long breath.
Love rivals are always a pain in the neck!
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“Anastasia Lopez!”
I hear someone call my name loudly and I jolted up, my eyes frantically look around and they land on Klaus.
A fully dressed Klaus! Weren’t we just standing nked in front of each other?
“What were you dreaming about?” He asked.
“Huh?”
It was a dream?! I look around again, we’re in his office not his bedroom… My shoulders slumps down in disappointment.
“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?
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