NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 37
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
Since aunt caught Klaus and I making out, she’s being giving us weird glances.
Like seriously, I’m praying the ground would open and swallow me.. I’m feeling so embarrassed right now.
“Matilda’s calling, she wants to speak with you” she said and hands me her phone. “Where’s your phone by the way!”
“It’s broken!” I replied as I collected her phone from her.
She eyes me, I guess she knows how the phone got broken.. I smile nervously, I turn away from her slightly.
“Hey, Tilda!” I said into the phone.
From the corner of my eye, I see aunt going back to Denzel’s ward.
“Em.. Tasia.. about your breakfast…”
My breakfast? I almost forgot that she went out to get aunt and I breakfast.
I move aunt’s phone from my ear and check the time, it’s more than 40minutes since she left… What’s keeping her?
“What about my breakfast?” I asked in a stern voice.
“I guess you should get something else for you and aunt to eat…a little something came up and…”
She trails off and I heard her shushing someone, I frown.
“And what?” I asked.
She laughs lightly. “..and I’m afraid I can’t buy it!”
*Can I skip the registration fee?!* I hear a familiar voice in the background.
I frown and look around us, Klaus raised an eyebrow at me.. silently asking what I’m looking for.
“Marc” I whisper to him, he frowns and shrugs.. hmm, now I know why she’s giving excuses about buying the food.
“Matilda?” I called her.
“Y-yeah?” She answers in a stutter.
“Is Marc with you? Did he go there with you?” I asked.
There’s a brief silence, before she chuckles lightly and clears her throat.
“Kinda…” She trails off.
“Hmm!” I narrowed my eyes. “Where are you right now?”
“On my way to the mall” she replies simply.
Now I really pity Marc, Matilda is so gonna sweep his account.. she does that to any guy who’s trying to court her.
And so far, all the guys end up running away. I believe Marc is asking her out, I just pray he doesn’t run away like other guys.
I really need someone to help me tame my wild Matilda!
“So.. I’m afraid you’ll have to get aunt some breakfast yourself!”
“Fine, fine! Enjoy yourself but don’t forget to buy me something!” I said.
She sniggers….I know something dirty and silly is running through her mind right now.
“Oh! I know what to get you, my pretty angel”
“What?”
“I’ll help you change your undies.. take it as an early birthday present from me!”
Change my undies?!
“No, I don’t need…”
I trail off and peek at Klaus, he’s staring at me.. like his attention is solely on me.
Dude, don’t you have other things that requires your attention?!
I move away from him a little bit and whisper into the phone.
“… I already change my undies last week, I have a new set in my drawer!”
I take a peek at Klaus again, he’s staring at me with a small frown this time, I guess he’s wondering why I moved away from him.
Matilda sighs, I can picture her rolling her eyeballs right now.
“Those granny pa.Pnties you bought can’t be classified as undies!” She said.
“What granny pa.nties? Those pa.nties are of very high quality, you know?”
She barks a laugh.
“Yeah, high quality granny panties!”
I frown and set my lips on thin lines, I feel like squeezing the life out of her.. but unfortunately she’s not here with me.
“Anyways, I’ll get you some set of lingeries!”
“Lingeries?” I whisper, so Klaus won’t hear me.
“Hmm” she hums.
“Why?”
“To help you seduce your man of course!”
To seduce Klaus? I turn to peek at him again and we lock gaze, my cheeks heat up and I quickly look away from him.
The thought of $educing Klaus is suddenly giving me an inner heat, making my golden valley tingle me.
“No, no, no! I don’t think I’ll need it!”
“Why do you think so?” She asked.
“Picture Klaus…. tell me if he strikes you, like the kind of man who would fall for any seduction!”
With him always pulling a straight face, I guess he’ll simply glance at me and turn back to his work… That is if he even spares me a glance.
“Miss Lopez, there’s no man on earth that will be able to resist a woman in her lingerie.. your Klaus is not an exceptional”
“I… ”
“Ok, I’ve had enough chitchat with you… I wanna spend this foolish dude’s money.. talk to you later!” And she hangs up.
I glare at the phone in hand as if I’m glaring at Matilda, she better don’t buy me that lingerie or I’ll make her wear it and walk down our street!
“Are you ok, Anastasia?” Klaus asked, he must have noticed me glaring at the phone.
“I’m fine, I just….”
My stomach growling cuts me off, my hands locates my stomach and rubs it gently.
“Let’s return aunt Bell’s phone, I’ll take you out for some breakfast!” He said.
I nod, we turn and head towards Denzel’s ward.
“Right, I almost forgot, today’s Sunday… those restaurants won’t open this morning!” I said.
Since today’s Sunday, many of them have gone to church.. they’ll only open later.
“Then let’s go home, Jerry should have prepared some food by now!” He said and I nod.
We stepped into Denzel’s ward, he’s drawing and aunt is eating… I facepalm myself.
I was thinking of what to get her for breakfast, but here she is.. already eating!
“Anna, come look!” Denzel calls me over.
I skips to his bedside and check what he’s drawing.. I’m seriously confused, I don’t what he drew.
“Do you know this people?” He asked.
I shake my head, he flicks my head gently before speaking.
“This is Avatar and Zuko!” He said.
“Oh! Avatar and Zuko!” I repeat.
The Avatar and Zuko I know actually look nothing like what my Denzel drew…but I pretend it’s beautiful.
“You’ve got some great artistic skills!” I praise him.
“I know! You’re the dummy in our family!”
Tsk! His ego is already bigger than his head at such a young age!
I don’t know why my eyes move to Klaus, but I see him laughing at Denzel’s words.
“Denzel, show some respect for your sister!” Aunt scolds him.
“She’s not angry” he replies aunt, then turns to me. “Are you angry, Anna?”
I shake my head and ruffles his hair.
“I’m not angry, maybe you can teach me sometimes!”
“Sure!” He replies with a smile.
He gives aunt a look that says, I told ya! Aunt glares at him and he sinks into his blanket, covering his whole body.
I laugh and rub his shoulder, what a cute brother I have!
“Right, aunt, Klaus and I are going home now…”
“Why? You haven’t had breakfast,..” she stops eating and stretches her plate towards me. “… here, eat something first before you leave!”
I look inside the plate, the food is too small and I’m sure aunt is not satisfied yet.
“You eat it, aunt. I’ll eat when I get home, Klaus’ cook have already prepared some food!” I said.
She frowns and stares at me.
“How am I sure you’re gonna eat?”
“Klaus can watch me, right Klaus?”
Klaus nods quickly.
“Yes, aunt Bell, I’ll make sure she eats till she can’t eat anymore!”
Aunt stare between us, she sighs and nods slowly.
“Please make sure she eats something, I can’t have my niece falling sick too!”
I roll my eyeballs, she really knows how to worry herself with irrelevant things.
“I will, aunt Bell” Klaus replied.
I drop her phone on the space next to her.
“I’ll be here tomorrow for Denzel’s operation!”
Aunt frowns slightly.
“I thought you said you’re resuming school?”
“Yes, I’ll take a day off!”
She nods, I grab Klaus’ arm.
“Aunt, we’re off!” I said and drag Klaus with me out, before she’ll ask another question.
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Authoress’ pov ?
Statham’s Villa… 11:45am….
Mrs Statham look around the dinning table with a satisfied smile.
“Woah! Look at all these food!” Bill exclaimed in awe as he runs to the dinning table.
He quickly climbs onto his chair and look around happily. Rhoda halts abruptly when she sees the food on the table.
“Mom, what are we celebrating? Why did you ask Maria to cook so much food?”
“Sit down first!” Mrs Statham said.
Rhoda pulls out a chair and sits down, she rest her elbows on the table and waits for her mother’s explanation.
“Grandma, can I eat now?” Bill asked.
“Hold on Bill, I have a very good news to share with us this morning!”
Both Bill and Rhoda looks at her anxiously.
“Nicklaus finally have a girlfriend and she’s….” She trails off and leans forward. “… Nina!” She said in a soft voice.
Rhoda’s eyes grow wide.
“N-nina?!”
“Shh!” Mrs Statham shushed her.
She looks around as if she’s checking if someone’s listening.. Rhoda frowns.
“What?” She asked her mother.
“Nicklaus doesn’t want other to know about Nina being alive.. he suspect your father’s murderer will come for her!”
“But it’s being such a long time, do you think the murderer is still alive?” Rhoda asked.
This incident happened 13 years ago, she doesn’t believe the murderer will still be alive.
“The murderer is still alive!” Mrs Statham said very firmly.
“You sound so sure!”
Bill groans loudly and facepalm himself, his stomach growls loudly.
“Grandma!” He winces.
Mrs Statham laughs at his funny face. “Fine, fine, you can eat!” She said.
“Thanks, grandma!” He said and starts eating.
Rhoda calls for her mother’s attention.
“Why are you so sure that the murderer is still alive?”
Mrs Statham sighs.
“All these years, I have kept everything in this Villa unchanged…all the staffs that were in the Villa when your father was murdered… they are still here… ”
This is true, Rhoda has always asked herself why her mother haven’t changed the staffs over the years… Now she knows why.
“… I’m keeping them until I find who killed my husband! Now that Nina is here, I’m sure she’ll recognize the murderer soon!” She smiles.
Rhoda nods.
“Is this why you refused to move out of this Villa?”
“Yes!” She replies.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
“I think aunt Bell is right!” Klaus said.
We’re currently in his car, driving to my apartment.. oh, it should be my ex-apartment now.. to get my stuffs.
“She’s right about what?” I asked.
“About you going back to school”
I sigh.
“Yeah, but I don’t have sponsor, my aunt don’t have enough to support me!”
“I can support you!” He said.
I smile.
“No, I wanna work for myself.. I don’t want you to get too proud if we eventually get married!”
He frowns and turns to me, his eyebrows slightly raised.
“Get too proud? What do you mean?”
“You know, some men always taunt their wives… about how they spend their last penny on her and how they wouldn’t become someone in life without them… I don’t want that!”
“Why are you comparing me with them?” He asked.. his voice kinda sad.
“No, I’m not comparing you…. ”
“I’m not gonna be like them! I’m different!” He said.
I know he’s different, after all, he waited for me for 13 years.. not all men are willing to do that.
I smiled at him.
“I know you’re different, but I still wanna work”
“But…”
I shake my head at him.
“Don’t try to stop me”
He stares at me a few minutes, he sighs and nods his head.
“Fine!” He said.
The car jerks forward and stops, Graham turns towards us slightly.
“Mr Statham, we’re here!” He said.
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“That’s all” I said and dust my hands.
Klaus and I spent just 20 minutes packing my luggage, Graham comes forwards and takes my luggage from me.
“Thank you!” I told him.
“You’re welcome, Miss Lopez!” He replies and takes it out.
“Anastasia?” Klaus calls me.
“Hmm?” I hum in response, not looking at him.
“Are these your pa.nties?”
I freeze and my eyes bulges out, almost falling off their sockets. I turn to him slowly, he’s staring at them with a small frown.
“These are some interesting pa.nties!” He said.
My legs move very fast towards him, I snatch them from him as my cheek goes blazing.
“H-how.. did you find them?” I asked.
I remember hiding them very far away.
“I just looked here!” He said pointing at the drawer I kept them.
Matilda’s words rings in my head.. granny panties! I quickly shove them in my bag as embarrassment finishes me.
“Don’t just look through my stuffs!” I scold him.
“Why? You are my fiancee and there shouldn’t be any secrets between us!”
I frown, how does not wanting him to see my pa.nties a secret?!
Not knowing what to say to him, I take a deep breath.
“Let’s just go!”
Not waiting for his reply, I head out.. I hear him coming behind. Just when I step foot outside, I saw Jack standing by the porch.
He looks like was about to knock.
“Jack?” I asked in surprise.
He smiles at me in return.
“Tasia!”
What happened to him? Haven’t he been getting enough sleep? They are dark circles under his eyes.
I feel Klaus’ arm wrap around my waist, he pulls me closer to him..marking your territory huh?
“What are you doing here?” I asked him.
His eyes move to Klaus’s arm around my waist, then he smile.
“I just wanted to see you!” He said.
“See me?”
He nods.
“I wanna apologize to you face to face”
I sigh.
“I told you, Jack.. I’m not mad at you, I have forgiven!”
“Then why are you avoiding me?”
Yeah, it’s true that I’m avoiding him but it’s not because I’m mad at him.
Before I could speak, Klaus did.
“That is because she have a fiance!”
Jack’s mouth hangs open, he stares at me with a frown.
“Tasia, what is he talking about?” He asked me.
Klaus speaks before me again.
“Weren’t my words clear enough, she’s my fiancee! Now I want you to stop trying to see her!”
Jack clenched his jaw, he ignores Klaus and faces me.
“Tasia, can we meet at our usual joint?” He asked me.
“No!” Klaus said firmly.
Jack frowns at him.
“I wasn’t asking you, you’re not Anastasia!”
“But I’m her fiance and I forbid you from seeing her!”
I rolled my eyeballs, if I don’t do something these guys won’t stop until they get into each other’s throats.
“I’ll wait for you tomorrow, Tasia… It’s 4pm!” Jack tells me.
“I said she’s not coming!” Klaus growls.
I shake my head, I face Jack with a smile.
“Jack, I’ll be there!”
Klaus turns to me with a glare.
“I just said you shouldn’t meet him!”
“Klaus, it’s just a friendly meeting”
“I don’t care! I don’t want you to go!” He said staring in my eyes.
“He’s my friend, Klaus, I….”
He didn’t let me finish before he angrily storms towards his car, he opens the door and enter, closing it in a loud bang.
I sigh, I can’t believe he’s seriously angry because of this.
“Tasia?” Jack waves his hand in front of my eyes.
“Yeah, I said I’ll meet you!”
He smiles and nod.
“Thank you!”
“Also, try to get some sleep, you look horrible!”
He moves forward and pulls me into an unexpected hug, just then I heard Klaus’ car honking.
I pulled away from him and rushes back to the car, waving him… I got into the car and turns to Klaus with a smile but he turns away from me.. glaring at Jack through the window.
Well, I guess he’s gonna ignore me throughout the ride… it’s gonna be one hell of a silent ride.
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My back hits the wall and he puts his hands on the wall, caging me.
He stares directly in my eyes, my heart beating fast and my cheeks flame up.
“You defiled my order, aren’t you getting bold?”
He moves one hand from the wall and brings it closer to my face….brushes his finger along my jawline… his hot breath fanning my face, making me perceive his minty breath.
I wonder which paste he’s using.
“How about I punish you?!”
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