NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 33
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Marcus quickly run down the stairs when he sees Nicklaus coming to him, with a very harsh glare.
His eyes have nothing but a mission in them… to kill Marcus.
“It’s goddmn 7:21pm already, what are you doing here?!” Nicklaus growls at Marcus.
Marcus stops behind a sofa, before that he gathers all the cushions in his arms…so Nicklaus wouldn’t have something to hit him with.
“I called you earlier and told you about my problem but you didn’t listen…you shut me up!” Marcus said.
He scoffs, eyeing Nicklaus “If it’s your problem, I’ll think of ways to help me..but now it’s mine and you don’t wanna help”
Nicklaus groans and facepalm himself, he growls into his palm..he sits on a sofa nearest to him.
“How is that a problem, Marcus?!”
“Of course it’s a problem…” Marcus said.
He keeps the cushions all in one sofa, then sits on an empty sofa.
“She’s all I can think of now, I can’t seem to get her off my mind…”
He groans and racks his fingers through his hair, scattering his well gel hair.
“…since she left this morning, I can’t seem to focus…if I close my eyes to sleep, she’ll appear…her cute drunken face can’t stop appearing…I have been hearing her h©rrible singing in my head… it’s as if she’s imprinted in my mind…I think I’m going crazy!”
Nicklaus throws his head back and fold his arms on his chest, his eyes shut but he’s listening to Marcus.
“What do you say, Nicky, I’m going crazy…right?”
Nicklaus sighs.
“I thought you’re the love expert, you should know you are in love with her!”
“What?!” Marcus shouts.
Nicklaus sends him a glare before taking a glance upstairs, towards his room.
“Keep your voice down, Nina must be sleeping already!” He scolds Marcus.
“Nicky, I can’t be in love with her.. that’s not possible!”
“Why is it not possible?”
Marcus didn’t reply, his mind races to Matilda’s actions from last night.. how cute she looked when she was singing.
How she wasn’t trying to convince him to like Beyonce and be her fan.
He also recalls the first day they bumped into each other, she looked so awestruck and keep repeating *me too!*
Thinking about all these, he couldn’t help but laugh.
“See? You’re laughing, you must have recalled something! You love her!” Nicklaus said.
Marcus’s smile falters.
“Yeah, I kinda agree that I love her now… But there’s still another problem…. ”
“What problem?!”
Marcus stares at Nicklaus and chuckles nervously, he takes a cushion and hugs it.
“I don’t know where she lives!”
Nicklaus gives him a look that says really?!
Then he remembers something Marcus told him earlier this afternoon, when he called at the zoo.
“You said she came for an interview at your law firm, why don’t you get her contact from her CV?”
“Yeah… why didn’t I think of that?” Marcus wonders.
Nicklaus scoffs.
“That is because you’re dumb!”
Marcus nods in agreement, he perceives a sweet aroma and his eyes lands on the dinning table.
“Dinner is ready?” He asked.
Nicklaus turns to the dinning table and throws Marcus a glare.
“I was having dinner before you interrupted… what an unwanted guest!” He said, muttering the last words under his breath.
But Marcus seems to hear him, he bites his inner cheek to stop himself from laughing at Nicklaus’s expression.
He looked towards Nicklaus’s room with a knowing smirk.
“I heard m©aning from your room earlier.. I thought you’re allergic to women…”
He swallows his words as Nicklaus’s glares intensifies… without Nicklaus saying anything, Marcus already knows it’s Anastasia inside the room.
“How did you feel after…you know…having a woman’s touch?”
“She didn’t touch me before you came!”
Marcus furrows his eyebrows together.
“Then what’s with those m©aning?”
“It’s just me doing the touching, since I initiated it”
Marcus nods in understanding, a thought suddenly strikes him.
“That’s not right… I thought you’re allergic to women and you haven’t touch any woman in your 27 years, correct?”
Nicklaus nods wondering what Marcus is driving at.
“Then how did you get experience… Because that moan I heard is so loud, it seems like the female was in there with an expert!”
Red! Nicklaus’s neck and ears goes red at Marcus’s question.. he wasn’t expecting this question from him.
“Mr Statham, are you gonna say something?”
Nicklaus clears his throat.
“Em.. I.. I.. er.. do watch porn films sometimes… ”
“So.. you often je.rk off?!” Marcus shouts again with his eyes widen.
Nicklaus lungs at him and slaps his hand over Marcus’s mouth, his eyes moved towards his room… he turns back to Marcus.
“I. Don’t. Often. Jerk. Off!” He growls lowly at him.
He lets go of Marcus and returns to his sofa, Marcus nods but still looks at Nicklaus teasingly.
“So… does she knows she’s Nina now?”
“No!”
“You still haven’t tell her? What are you waiting for? For her to find out herself?”
Nicklaus sighs.
“What should I tell her? That she’s Nina and we got engaged since we were kids? Will she believe it?”
“Yes!”
Nicklaus shakes his head, he takes a deep breath.
“If I tell her that she’ll wanna look into her past, she’ll force herself to remember and that will cause harm to her body.. that’s what the doctor said!” Nicklaus said with a frown.
“You’re getting it wrong, just tell her she’s Nina and you’re already engaged.. if she doubts you, refer her to her aunt.. her aunt will know what to tell her and she wouldn’t even think of looking into any past!”
Nicklaus thinks about Marcus’s words, he nods in agreement when he notice they make sense.
“Telling her she’s your fiancee doesn’t mean you’re forcing her to remember… you’re just doing it to secure what’s yours… it’s better than having a contract relationship with her… she’ll find it hard to love you and your love will just remain one sided.. unrequited love!”
Marcus stomach rumbles loudly, he rubs his stomach and gets up.
“I’m starving, I should get some dinner!” He said walking towards the dinning table.
“Stop there!”
Nicklaus stops him, he gets up too and walk towards Marcus.
“Jerry!” Nicklaus called.
Jerry quickly runs towards them, as if he’s being waiting for Nicklaus’s call.
“Good evening, Master!” He greets Nicklaus.
Nicklaus simply nods at him, he turns to Marcus.
“Good evening, Mr Aurelius!”
“Jerry, good evening… what did you make for dinner?”
“Eggs and bacon, sir!” Jerry replies.
Marcus’s eyes lit up and he licks his lips, Nicklaus looks at him and shake his head.
“Jerry pack a takeaway for Marc!”
“Yes, master!”
Marcus frowns.
“Takeaway?! I don’t want it, I wanna eat here!”
“Not gonna happen, you’ll disturb my wife and I”
“No, I won’t. I’m a very obedient little boy!”
“No. Way!” Nicklaus turns to Jerry. “Pack a takeaway!”
“Yes, master!” Jerry said and rushes off.
Marcus looks at Nicklaus with a frown, he points his finger at Nicklaus speechlessly… Nicklaus grabs his finger and twist it, making Marcus howl in pain.
“See yourself out when you’re done!”
“You….”
Nicklaus ignores him and head upstairs…though he carried their dinner with him.
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He steps into his room and see Anastasia is fully dressed in one of the PJs Jerry bought earlier, she’s already asleep.
He drops their food on the bedside table, he taps her shoulder gently.
“Anastasia, Anastasia!” He calls.
Though Anastasia can hear him, but she didn’t respond.. she pretend like she’s deeply asleep and can’t hear him.
“Anastasia, wake up, let’s have dinner!” He called again.
Anastasia still didn’t wake up, after a few more taps with Anastasia still not waking up…he gives up.
He sighs.
“Let’s go to sleep then!” He said.
He climbs onto the bed, covers himself with the same blanket Anastasia’s using… he wraps his arm around her waist and pulls her closer.
With his nose snuggling her neck, he slowly falls asleep.
*I’ll go back home tomorrow, I can’t keep staying here or I’ll do something against my conscience!* Anastasia thinks to herself.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
Her hair blows in the wind as she runs around in the garden, the sound of her laughter echoes.
“Mom, dad, come on!” She calls.
“Alright, we are coming.. run as fast as you can!” Her dad replies.
Their faces are blur as usual, I can’t see what they look like.. just their figures and joyful laughter.
“Ready or not, here we come!” Her mother said and runs towards her.
She runs very fast with those tiny legs, trying to escape from her parents.. her parents purposely running slow to make her think she’s actually a fast runner.
“Mom! Dad! You’re too slow, come on, catch me!” Said said still running.
“You’re too fast, can you slow down!” Her dad asked.
After running for sometime, she bumps into a boy… as usual I still can’t see his face.
He laughs and pats her hair.
“Running away from your mom and dad again?”
She nods and giggles excitedly.
“Yeah, join me!”
“I… ”
She didn’t let him finish, she grabs his hand and drags him along.. giggling as they run.
Somehow, the boy is gone.. her parents are no longer chasing her.. she’s standing in front of that Villa again.
She looks at what she’s holding before running towards the door, she opens it and rushes in.. slamming it.
I grab the handle and as usual, I still couldn’t open it. I take a step back, I’ll march it down, but….
Ding ding!
Ding ding!
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Ding ding!
Ding ding!
My eyes snaps open at the annoying sound, I sit up and look around.
It’s just me in the room, Nicklaus is not on his side of bed. My hand feels his side and I realized it’s warm.. I guess he just woke up.
My eyes locate the wall clock, it’s 6:57am… it’s morning already?!
Ding ding!
I groan, I didn’t find out what’s behind that door because of this sound.. I guess it’s someone ringing the doorbell.
Ding ding!
Where is Klaus? Or Jerry? Shouldn’t one of them get the door already?!
Then I hear water running in the bathroom, I sigh, so Klaus is taking his bath.
Ding ding!
Feeling a bit annoyed, I rip the blanket off me and hop off the bed.. I wear my flip-flops and head towards the door.
I reached the main door in no time and quickly open the door, my mouth drops open.
Standing before me is a very gorgeous woman, she seem to be in her early fifties.. but one can hardly tell.
She look so young, even younger than me. She looks at me, from head to toe with a frown.
“Did I come to the wrong place?” She asked.
“G-good morning, ma’am.. how may I help you?”
Why am I stuttering? She looks like a nice lady!
“Do you live here?” She asked me back, ignoring my question.
I open my mouth to reply her but Klaus speaks from behind me.
“Anastasia? Who’s there?”
I didn’t turn away neither did I answer his question, I hear his footsteps coming towards me.
He holds my waist and tilts his neck.
“Mom?” He called in a questioning tone.
Mom?! This woman is Klaus’s mom?!
“Hi, Nicklaus!” A very familiar voice greets.
I frown, why didn’t I notice her before?
“Claudia?” I whisper.
She winks at me, a smile plastered on her face.
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