NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 32
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
“Anastasia, I think it’s time I let you know!”
“Let me know what?”
“It’s time I tell you the truth!”
Truth?! What truth?! I stare at him curiously, waiting for him to tell me the truth.
He takes my hands in his and squeezes them softly, he stare in my eyes and inhale deeply.
“Anastasia, you once asked me who Nina was… correct?”
I nod, I asked him that day when he m©aned her name but he didn’t give me an answer.
He stare at me doubtfully, as if he’s battling with himself…wether he should say it or not.
Which makes me frown, what is so big that the great Nicklaus is finding it hard to say?
“Klaus, what do you wanna tell me?” I asked him.
He closes his eyes and take a deep breath.
“Well, Nina is…” His phone suddenly starts ringing, cutting him off.
He reaches for his phone and ends the call, then turns to me.
“Nina was my childhood sweetheart….”
His childhood sweetheart?! He has a childhood sweetheart?! My heart starts pounding…I start feeling a kind of tighten in my chest.
Making it hard for me to breath, I feel like someone just dip his hand in my chest and is about to rip my heart out…why am I feeling this way?!
Why does the thought of him having a childhood sweetheart hurts me so much?!
“… She’s my fiancee and she’s…”
His phone starts ringing again, he wanted to end the call but I stop him.
“T-take your calls, it might be something important!” I said in a short stutter.. my voice sound broken than I thought.
He shakes his head and end the call again, by now I have withdraw my hands from his.
“Anastasia, you are Ni…. ”
His phone interrupts him for the third time, he clenched his jaw before receiving the call.
“Marcus! Wrong timing!” He growls into the phone.
I take a few steps away from him, giving him some privacy.. I tone his conversation off since it has nothing to do with me.
I take a deep, shaky breath as my mind races back to Nicklaus’s words… He’s already got a fiancee!
And here I am, fooling myself with him… what was I thinking? That he’ll love me?
Wait… why do I want him to love me? Could it be that I’ve caught some feelings for him too?
I mentally facepalm myself, I’m so confused! What are my feelings for him… Love or appreciation?!
Something wet drop on my cheek, at first I thought it was my tears.. but then more wet liquid starts dropping on me.
I look around and realize it’s rain, I frown, wasn’t it just sunny? Why the sudden rain?
Darn you, month of July! Darn me too, for not reading the climate today!
“Anastasia, let’s head back to the car, it’s about to rai…”
He swallowed his words as the rain gets heavier, he grab my hand and we starts running towards the direction his car is parked.
We made it back to the car, but our clothes is already drenched in the rain.
“Here, cover yourself up and don’t catch a cold!” Klaus said, offering me his jacket.
I smiled and wanted to take it, my smile falters and I withdraw my hand when I remembered he’s someone’s fiancee.
“No, thank you… You wear it, you need it too!” I said, looking away from him.
“What do you mean?” He asked with a frown.
“Nothing, I just feel like… you’re drenched too, you will catch a cold if you don’t wear it”
“No, I’m not!”
“But I don’t need your jacket, I’m not cold!” I lied.
I can feel myself shaking slightly from the cold..I guess he saw this.
“Baby, I can’t afford it if you fall sick…so shut up and listen to me!” He said.
Baby…but sadly, I’m not his baby… Nina is!
He dumps jacket on my shoulder, then pulled me onto his lap and hugs me, resting his head on my chest…
Sending shivers down my spine, he sighs in contentment.
“Now I’m not cold!” He said.
“Klaus, isn’t this inappropriate?”
“No! You’re my girlfriend and I love you… it’s quite appropriate to me!”
“But we… ”
“Nina! That’s enough! Just stay here and keep me warm!”
Nina?! Do i look like Nina?! So… I’m just her replacement to him?!
I didn’t ask him about it, I just let him rest his head… After all, he’s Denzel’s saviour!
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“Are you trying to catch a cold on purpose?” Klaus asked me.
“What do you mean?” I asked him back, frowning slightly.
He didn’t reply me, he simply walked into his bathroom and comes back with a towel in his hands.
We’re currently back and we’re in Klaus’ room… I’m still in my towel since I’m just coming out of the bathroom.
He stops in front of me and starts wiping my hair… I stop him with a grunt.
“Klaus, you’re scraping off my scalp!”
“Oh!” He replies.
I slapped his hands off and starts wiping it myself, eyeing him secretly.
“Er…. I should go check what Jerry’s making for dinner!” I said.
Wrapping the towel on my head, I pick up my phone and head towards the door.
“Stop there!” Klaus stops me.
I stop and turn to him, his eyes trails down my body.. they settle on my exposed legs.. the towel stops at mid-thigh.
“Are you going to Jerry in these towels?” He asked, he glare at my towel.
“Yeah, what’s wrong with it?”
“What’s wrong? Do you know when you’re in these towels, you’re indirectly seducing a man?”
I frown then laugh at his logic, he’s sounding like a jealous boyfriend now.
“I can barely control myself seeing you in these towels…now you’re going to another man in them?!”
His eyes narrowing as he speaks.
“Not every guy have a dirty mind like you!”
“Change!” He said.
I rolled my eyes and rushed out before he could stop me.
“You’ll regret going down in those towels!” I hear him threatening me.
I paid him no attention and head down… I met Jerry just as I step into the living room.
His eyes settles on my chest and he quickly look away, I smiled, what a true gentleman!
“Good evening, Anna!” He greets me.
“Yeah, good evening!” I replied and slump onto a nearby sofa.
He heads towards the kitchen but my question stops him.
“What do we have for dinner?”
“Oh, it’s eggs and bacon!” He replies.
I hum in reply and he left, I reach for the tv remote and turn on the tv.
While flipping through channels, my phone starts ringing… Matilda’s name flashes on the screen.
“Hey, Tilda!” I said into the phone.
“Don’t hey me! I thought you’re dead, I was gonna come find you to claim your body!” She yells at me.
I laughed, her way of checking on me is very unique.
“Where have you been?! Did you see my message?! Did you see how many missed calls I gave you?! What’s the meaning of your post?! Why are you not saying anything?! Say something!”
I rolled my eyeballs.
“You haven’t given me any chance to say a word.. now which question should I answer first?”
“I don’t care, just answer all of them!” She said.
I sigh and throw my head back on the sofa.
“Well, that post was just to send Jack a message.. I told him I have a boyfriend and he didn’t believe me, so.. I had to do that!”
She scoffed, I can imagine her rolling her eyeballs right now.
“Your words were so delicate and affectionate.. you sounded like you’re both so much in love with each other… ”
In love with each other?!
“… or is something going on already and you’re hiding it from me?”
I scoff.
“What can happen? Nothing can ever happen between us!” I said…my voice a little sad.
“What do you mean nothing can ever happen between you?”
“He doesn’t love me, I’m just a replacement to him!”
“Huh?! What do you mean by that?”
I lick my dry lower lip.
“Well, he…. ”
“Wait, switch, video call” she said.
We both quickly switch to video call, she frowns as she stares at me… she’s wearing a facial mask, so I can’t really tell if she’s frowning or not.
“Why do you look like a girl whose heart is broken?”
I didn’t reply, I simply sigh.
“Clarify, what do you mean by saying you’re a replacement?” She asked.
“He has a childhood sweetheart, a fiancee… He already have someone he loves!”
“What?!” She exclaims.
Matilda removes her facial mask and frowns at me deeply, her brows knit together.
“But on your photo, he was staring at you with so much love!”
I smile sadly.
“That’s because I look like his fiancee, he even called me her name once… Nina!”
“What?!”
“If he have a fiancee, why did he suggested you to be his fake girlfriend?”
Right, I have not thought of this. Since he has someone he loves, why did he want this fake relationship with me?
“Could it be that his fiancee is dead?” Matilda guess.
“Ah! Can you stop thinking about death for everyone?”
She shakes her head and rolled her eyes.
“That’s the only explanation to this, if she’s still alive, he wouldn’t have you by his side pretending to be his girlfriend!”
I nod, her words does make sense.. or maybe he’s mistaking me for his fiancee.
“What’s her name?”
“Whose name?”
“His fiancee, maybe I can find somethings about her” she said.
“Her name is Nina!” I replied.
“Nina… what’s her surname?”
I shake my head.
“That, I don’t know!”
She sighs and thinks briefly, then nods her head.
“I’ll get back to you tomorrow!”
“Thank you….” I trail off.
She studies my expression and burst into laughter, feeling confused by her sudden outburst.. I frown.
“Wittle Tasia is feeling jealous!” She said.
“No, I’m not!”
She points at my cheeks.
“You’re blushing!”
Am I? I touch my cheeks as if I’ll actually see the blush in my hand.
“I think you’ve fallen for him!”
“What?!” I scream, but quickly slap my hand over my mouth.
I look upstairs to see if Klaus is coming and gladly he’s not…I turned to her with a glare.
“Don’t glare at me, you’ve fallen for him.. it’s written all over you, Tasia!” She said.
“I’ve fallen for him? How?”
“I don’t know how, but with your expression, I can clearly see that you’ve fallen for him”
I’m in love with Klaus? How is that possible?! I haven’t known him for a long time… how can I fall in love with him within a short period of time?
“You’re jealous and heartbroken that he has a fiancee, if that’s not love then I don’t know what it is!”
I can’t let her words get in my head, I don’t love Klaus… I just admire him for his good deeds.
“If you love him, just let him know because I can tell from that photo that he loves you too… ”
“Matilda, that’s enough, don’t try to make me believe what’s not real… We can’t love each other, we just met!”
She chuckles lightly.
“Love does care how long you’ve known each other, you can fall in love with someone you just met.. the heart wants what it wants!”
I groan and bared my teeth at her.
“Just find out who Nina is and what happened to her!” I said and hang up.
I throw my head back on the sofa and take deep breaths.. I don’t love Klaus and he doesn’t love me too.. I chant in my head.
“Anna, dinner is ready.. if you’d please inform Mr Statham!” Jerry said behind me.
“Ok!” I replied him.
I got up and head upstairs, I open the door and steps into the room.
Klaus is standing in front of a dressing table, in his sweatpants..oh, I forgot to tell you guys, he made Jerry arrange some female stuffs here while we were touring around.
“Klaus?” I called him.
He turns to me, a soft gasp leaves my mouth.
It’s just like in the movies, where the male lead turns to the female lead and she’ll see him in a different light…
Klaus’ damp hair falls on his face, his bare chest in display as little water droplets stay on it.. his abs look so strong.
He raises his hand up and moves those fallen strands of hair away from his face..his muscles flexing as well.
Making me feel like I should lick ’em! He sends me a boyish smile and those butterflies in my stomach jumps up excitedly.
I grip on my towel as if feel it getting ready to slide down, he takes slow steps towards me and I take slow steps backwards.
Until my back hits the door, he stops in front of me and places his hand on the door.. caging me there.
His body being so close to me is making me feel an undescribable heat.
“You called me?” He asked.
My lips suddenly runs dry and I lick them.
“Y-yes.. dinner…” I trail off leaving my words unfinished.
I mean I couldn’t speak.
His dark eyes stares right at mine, searching for something.. his gaze moves to my lips and lingers there.
He leans down to my level.
“What’s wrong with dinner?” He asked.
His minty breath on my face sends me on overdrive… I bite on my lower lip as I stare in his eyes.
I see lu$t and de$ire in them, I don’t know if what I’m seeing is a reflection of my eyes…
His hand moves up and he removes my lower lip from my teeth.
“I should bite it instead!” He said.
Not giving me any chance to think… not that I have much to think… he crashes his lips on mine.
He pull my body away from the door and encircle his arms around my waist, pushing me closer to him.
He started out slowly, but soon starts kssing me roughly, biting on my lower lip softly.
But then an intruder comes, there’s a loud bang on the door. Klaus pulled his tongue out of me and turns to the door.
“Nicky?! I can hear a female voice… are you fking in there?” Marcus?
I frown… What is he doing here?
Klaus turns back to me, my juice all over his face.
“Let’s ignore him!” He said.
I nod, he leans down but before he could delves in, Marcus starts banging on the door again.
“Nicky! I swear I’ll open this door and take a picture of your nked body.. I’ll show it to Nina and tell her what you’re doing behind her back!”
Nina?! Nina again?! Marcus knows her?!
Then it dawned on me, Klaus is not mine, he’s someone’s fiance and I shouldn’t be doing this with him.
“I’m opening the door now, Nicky!”
I kick Klaus off me and snatch a blanket, covering every part of me.. including my head.
I hear a thud and I know it’s Klaus that fell down, but I didn’t look.. I’m too embarrassed to look!
“You punk! You s¢umbag, Marcus!” I heard him growls.
Then I hear his footsteps marching towards the door, then a loud bang.
“You came exactly at the right time, Marcus!” Klaus said, sarcasm clearly coaxed in his words.
I tone him off as I mentally facepalm myself.
How could I let this happen between us? He’s someone else’s property.. why didn’t I control myself?!
I groan… but his skills were not bad, I mean he’s better than me.
Wait.. how did he know how to do this.. how can he be so good at r©mance? I thought he’s allergic to women.
Or did his allergy started after Nina left?!
Hmm, that sound reasonable, he must have done this with Nina before his allergy started.
The tightness in my chest returns as I think of Klaus and Nina’s bodies grind against each other.
Hold on…what am I thinking?!
“Ahhh!” I groan loudly.
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