NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 41
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
Statham enterprise…9:30am…
*Awwwn!*
*They look perfect together!*
*Indeed they’re match made in heaven!*
*I’m feeling so jealous!*
That’s all I’ve been hearing since we set foot in Statham enterprise…the ladies are staring at us with those dreamy eyes.
The guys…well, I guess their eyes are on me..which makes Klaus pulls me impossibly closer to him.
His arm wrapping around waist tightens even more and he whispers in my ear.
“I told you not to wear this clothes!”
I rolled my eyes, my mind flashes back to the little argument we had before leaving home.
Flashback••••
Standing in front of the dresser, I sweep my black comb through my thick hair… I smile at my reflection in the mirror.
Today is my first day at work, even though my fiance is my boss.. I still wanna make a good impression.
My eyes scan my outfit and I nod in approval, thankfully, Matilda and I are always prepared..
We both have our office wears ready in case of any necessity!
“Anastasia Lopez?” I called my other self in the mirror.
I smiled at her and sends her wink, putting my hair in a neat bun.
“Time for work!”
Arms encircles my waist, from the scent of the cologne I can tell who it is… Not that someone else will come into this room anyway.
“Who do we have here?” He asked in a sxily, deep voice.
He snuggles his nose in my necks, his hot breath fanning my neck and making those stupid butterflies jump happily.
“Isn’t this naughty Anastasia?” He murmurs in my neck.
I push him away from me and walk towards a small wardrobe, where Klaus’ shoes and mine are kept.
I pull out a pair of closed toes heels and wears it, I stand upright and turn around with a smile.
“Klaus, how do I look?”
He stares at me intensely, his lips curves in a smile as his eyes scan my body…he nods in approval and gives me a thumbs up.
“You’re gorgeous…” He said.
“Thank you!” I bow slightly, like those cartoon characters after a show.
Then like a light bulb was turn on his head, his expression suddenly changes…his smile turns into a deep frown.
“Are you ok, Klaus?” I asked.
His eyes turns dark as he scans my body….his gaze settles on my chest, he clenched his jaw and he looks kinda angry.
I wonder why his demeanour changed drastically.
“You gotta get dressed, if you don’t wanna be late!” He said.
“Get dressed?” I asked him.
My eyebrows raised at his words, is he blind? Or is he trying to a figure of speech? Can’t he see I’m dressed already?
Shrugging my shoulders, I picked my handbag and walk closer to him… linking our arms together.
“I’m ready, let’s go!” I said.
He unlinks his arm from mine, he glares at my blouse and shake his head.
“I don’t think you’re ready!”
“Why?”
Does he thinks something is amiss?
I quickly turn towards the mirror and examine myself, then I realized I’m not wearing any earrings…and my lips are a bit too dry.
Rampaging through my purse, I take out a pair of very small earrings and wear them…I add some lipgloss..then turn back to Klaus with a smile.
“How do I look now? Much better?” I asked.
He didn’t return my smile, rather his frown deepens.
“Do you plan on going to work on these clothes?”
“Yeah?” I asked in an unsure tone…like why is he asking if I wanna go to work in this clothes?
Isn’t this obviously an office wear? Or was he expecting me to wear a pencil skirt…cause I won’t, I hate pencil skirts!
“I don’t think so. Change!”
I frown slightly.
“Why should I change?”
My eyes meets the wall clock.. it’s 7:45am already, there isn’t much time left.
“I don’t like your outfit!” He said simply.
“What? But you just said I’m gorgeous in it!”
“Yes, you’re gorgeous in it when I’m the only one staring at you!”
What is wrong with him? I don’t see anything wrong with my clothing…
“Change into something professional”
I look down at myself…white blouse and black pantsuit is very professional and common among female workers.
“Isn’t this professional enough?”
“No! I can see the colour of your bra!”
Now that’s not true, my blouse isn’t a see through, it’s not made of cheap material too…I spent a fortune on it.
“You’re not going there to seduce those male workers…are you?, you’re going there for work!”
What?! Seduce male workers? I gaped at him, I can’t believe what just proceeded from his mouth.
“Seduce male workers?! What is wrong with you?” I asked.
He doesn’t say anything, he simply stares at me…no, glares at my blouse harshly.
“Everyone dress like this to their offices… Your female workers also dress like this too!”
“I don’t care about them!” He said quickly.
He don’t care about them, then why is he caring about me?
“I don’t care if they come to work naked, but you… ” he trails off.
He look in my eyes and step closer to me, but I turn away from him… pulling a long face.
It’s too early to be angry but his words are angering me.
“I care about you and I don’t want other men to stare at you the way only I am supposed to stare at you!”
Humph! He grab my hands and massages them softly…I guess he noticed that I’m angry at him now.
“Change into something else…please!” He said in a calmer tone.
“No!” I reply.
“But other men will stare at you and… ”
“You don’t own their eyes neither can you order where their eyes goes!”
I hear him sighs deeply.
“Fine! At least, wear a jacket!” He said.
Not wanting to raise any more arguments, I head towards our closet and snatch a black blazer from the clothes hanger.
I dumped my bag in his hands and put on the blazer… I faced him with a glare.
“Are you ok with this now?”
He smiles brightly and nod, I snatched my bag from him.
“Let’s go!” I said and head towards the door, he quickly runs after me.
End_of_flashback•••••
“I told you not to wear it, but you wouldn’t listen… Now they’re all ogling over you!” Klaus said.
I look around and realized we’re still at the first floor, I thought it we’d be in the elevator already.
“Don’t dress like this to work tomorrow!” He said.
“They’re not ogling over me, I’m wearing a jacket.. I believe there’s nothing to see here!” I replied him.
His possessiveness is just too much, no guy will ogle over me with the way I’m dressed.
“I think I will have to borrow my aunt’s old fashioned, outdated blouse and pants today… I’ll wear them to work tomorrow, what do you think?”
He grins widely, and nods in approval.
“That will be so much better!” He said.
I grabbed his ear and pulls it very hard, I was expecting him to since but he didn’t.. rather he’s laughing at my efforts.
*Mr Statham is smiling?!*
*No! He’s not smiling… He’s laughing!*
*OMG! I never thought I’d live to see this day!*
*Quick! Let’s take a picture of him now!*
Klaus and I hear these murmurs around us, his ears, neck and face turns red from embarrassment… He stops laughing abruptly.
“Baby, stop, you’re embarrassing me in front of my employees!” He whispers as he tries to remove my hand from his ear gently.
I look around, cameras are flashing as some take photos and others record.
“Does laughing in front of your employees an embarrassment?” I asked.
He nods and glare at them to stop recording, but these workers are as stubborn as me… they wouldn’t stop.
“Why is it an embarrassment?”
“I’m the CEO, I must keep a straight face and be strict with them.. else they wouldn’t respect me!” He explains.
His explanation is just too absurd.
“Who on earth taught you that?” I asked.
“I don’t need anyone to teach me, it’s fact!” His eyes scan around quickly. “Anastasia, wait let’s get to our floor.. then you can do whatever you like!” He whispers to me.
I turn to the workers taking pictures and videos of him, wink at them.
“This is a lifetime chance, take as much picture of him as you want!” I told them.
He is scowling at me but I don’t care, I put my hands on his sides…I pray he’s ticklish.
“Smiling looks good on you!”
“What?”
Instead of replying him, I begin tickling him and he laughs loudly.
*Wow! Even the sound of his laughter is beautiful*
*So melodious!*
The female workers gush, Klaus is choking on his laughter.. I can tell he wanted me to stop but he couldn’t say it.
He signals Graham to stop me but I throw him a glare and he withdraws.. raising his hands in surrender.
“Mr Statham, I’m afraid I can’t help you!”
Hmm, that’s a good boy.
I was so engross in tickling Klaus, that I didn’t notice when Claudia arrived at the scene.
She clears her throat and speaks “Mr Statham, Miss Lopez, I see you’re both here!”
I stopped tickling Klaus, he sobers up and adjusts his clothes..
She passes me a quick glare which I’m not surprised about, she kinda hates me for some reasons..
I mean it’s not my fault that I’m Klaus’ fiancee! She faces Klaus with a smile.
“Mr Statham, sorry for not welcoming you at the door, I didn’t know….”
Klaus cuts her off with a raised hand, he tucks his hands in his pockets.
“It’s not your job to welcome me at the door anymore” he turns to me and smiles. “It’s Miss Lopez’s job now!” He said professionally.
Her smile falters a little, she fondles with a small envelope in her hands.
“What’s that in your hands?” Klaus asked.
Her smile comes back to her face, her eyes lit up and I wonder what could make her so happy.. it must involve Klaus.
“This is an invitation for a gala, the invitation just arrived a few minutes ago!” She said.
She stretches it forward, expecting Klaus to take it but he gestures me to take it instead.
With a smile, I collected the invitation from her.. she’s glaring at me but I don’t care.
“Let’s go!” Klaus tells me.
He wraps his arm around my waist and we walk towards his private elevator.. while I open the envelope.
“Mr Oscar is hosting this gala to raise funds, for the cure of epilepsy that has been spreading across the country recently… ” Claudia explains behind us.
I don’t know if Klaus is paying attention to her, but he’s reading through the invitation card with me.
“…. I have picked out our clothes for the gala!”
Our?! What does she mean by our?!
This statement made Klaus stopped abruptly, without turning back he speaks.
“You don’t have to come with me to this gala!”
“W-why?” She asked.
“Miss Lopez, is the only one entitled to accompany me on every event now!”
I feel a sense of joy and pride at Klaus’ words.
We step into the elevator, before the doors close.. I saw Claudia glaring daggers at me with her fist clenched tightly…her face is kinda discolored!
By now, she be thinking of a million ways to kill me, but like I said earlier… I don’t care… I don’t give a dime!
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Finally, we arrived at Klaus’ office, true to his words… there’s a table put closely next to his.
I frown, it’s a bit too close for my liking.
“Why is my desk so close to yours?” I asked.
He grins.
“I just wanna stay close to you!”
I shake my head, my eyes scan the office, trying to find a space to put my desk…I see a space close to the door and I smiled.
I walked towards my desk and drags it away from his… he stops me halfway.
“What are you doing?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” I paused. “I’m getting away from you!”
“No, it’s better if we’re near each other!”
Is this guy normal? Since we did it yesterday, he’s being acting all jealous and possessive!
“If I sit next to you, you’ll be distracted from your work!”
“I won’t!”
Hmm, I don’t have strength to argue with him.
“Choose one, it’s either I sit over there… Or I move my desk outside!”
He frowns but make way for me, I move my desk there.. Klaus grumpily sits on his chair.
“So about that gala, why did you pick me? Why didn’t you let Claudia go with you?” I asked.
He searches through a filling cabinet behind him and pulls out a file, he flips through pages.
“Answer me, Mr Statham!” I demand.
“Because you’re my fiancee and VOPA!”
“Oh!” I blush.
I walk towards his desk and sits on the chair in front of his desk.
“But I haven’t attend those kinds of occasion before, aren’t scared I might disappoint and screw things up for you?”
He paused and raised his head up, he stares at me briefly and smiles.. I thought he was angry!
“You wouldn’t, I trust you can handle every situation just fine!”
Hmm, he has so much faith in me… I’m afraid, he’ll have to take his words back that day.
“Besides, you have me!” He winks at me.
I rolled my eyeballs, he’s so full of himself.
“Right, when is the date for that gala?”
“10th October!”
“That is 27days from now!” He said.
I simply nod, he picks his coffee mug and frowns.
“Miss Lopez, is this how you do your job?” He asked.
“How I do my job?”
He hits the mug on the table gently.
“Where’s my coffee?”
“Oh!” I exclaimed.
I quickly got up and takes his mug from him.. I almost forget about that.
“I’ll be right back!” I said, he nods and I head out.
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Authoress’ pov ?
Aurelius Law Firm…. 10:00am…
Marcus stares at his computer and facepalm himself, he’s being checking his computer for the past one hour.
It seems like he’s waiting for a call.. or email.. or maybe he’s looking for someone.
He releases a groan, he gets up and walk towards the window…he looks outside and appreciates the fine view in front of him.
Just then, he heard a knock on his door and quickly rushes back to his chair… he adjusted his clothes and clears his throat.
“Come in!” He invites the person in.
But disappointment flashes through his eyes when he sees it’s just miss Lee… He wasn’t expecting her to come.
“Where’s Miss Spears?” He asked.
“She’s not here yet, sir, but she….”
“Send her straight to my office once she arrives!” He cuts her off.
Miss Lee nods her head, and drops a file in front of Marcus.
“What else?” He asked.
“Sir, I actually brought a file that needed your signature!” She said.
Marcus stares at the file on the table for a few minutes, he opens it but couldn’t focus.. he closes it was falls back on his chair.
“Leave it here! I’ll go through it later!”
“But sir, it’s urgent and….”
“Just inform me when Miss Spears arrives.. leave!” He said firmly.
Miss Lee nods and leaves his office immediately, Marcus checks his wrist watch and sighs.
“When are you gonna come?” He asked rhetorically.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
*Please, Miss Claudia, I swear it was a mistake!* I hear someone crying from the lobby.
I’m currently coming back from the pantry with Klaus’ coffee in my hand.
*Take your resignation letter to the HR now!*
Claudia? Who is she taking to? Or who is talking to her? I should listen more closely.
*I didn’t mean to talk behind your back.. I.. I..*
*Statham enterprise is no place for gossipers!*
My mind flashes back to what Claudia told when I came for interview.. it’s almost the same as what she’s telling this girl.
My busybody legs move on their own and before I knew it, I’m standing in front of them.
“What’s going on here?” I asked.
Claudia passes me a disgusted look and turn away from me, ignoring me she speak to the girl.
“I have told you what to do… take your resignation letter to the HR office now!”
The girl couldn’t speak, her face is red and her eyes swelled.. which means she’s been crying for a long time.
She turns to walk away but I held her back.
“What do you mean by telling her to take her resignation letter to the HR?” I asked.
I know what is happening here, Claudia wants to fire her but I pretend like i don’t know.
“I know you’re a dimwitted girl, taking her resignation letter to the HR means she’s fired!” Claudia said.
I’m not offended by her calling me a dimwit.. cause I know what I’m doing.. I wanna get even with her for almost making me lose my brother.. if you know what I mean!
“What right do you have to fire her?” I asked.
She opens her mouth to speak but I didn’t let her.
“Last time I checked, you’re just an employee like her!”
“I’m not like her, I’m Nicklaus’s assistant and I’ve been in this company since the day Nicklaus resume office here!” She said.
I shake my head and giggle hysterically.
“You’re Nicklaus’s assistant, yes, but you’re still his employee! Staying in this company for 50years doesn’t give you any rights to fire your coworkers too!”
She narrows her eyes at me.
“You don’t know what she did, so stop defending her!”
“Oh, I’m not defending her..I’m speaking on behalf of the others..besides what’s her offense if I may ask?”
“Gossiping around is not welcome here at Statham enterprise… gossiping and neglecting your job is an offense!”
Hmm, she’s kinda right there…I mean, I don’t like when people gossip about others but….
“Well, you should have discussed with your boss, he could fire her if he want to…or does Klaus know about you firing his workers?”
I wait for her reply, but she didn’t speak for a few seconds…she seems to be thinking about what to say.
“Nicklaus doesn’t have to know about this!”
“Oh, I’ll take it as he doesn’t know…hmm, I wonder what he’ll do if he finds out you’re firing his workers behind his back!”
Claudia narrows her eyes more, her fist clenched tightly by her side…
ok, I don’t think I can beat her if we fight..and from the look of things, it seems like she’ll soon throws some punches at me…I better mind my words now.
“Who’s gonna tell him, you?”
“I don’t know…but here’s a kind reminder stop using your little assistant position to oppress others…one word from me and you’re fired!” I told her.
She couldn’t hold it in anymore, she raised her hand but before it could land on me… I acted on reflex and catch her hand midway.
I don’t know what came over me, but I move my hand holding Klaus’ coffee forward and pour the coffee on her chest.
“Arghh!” She scream and snatches her hand from me.
She quickly grab a bottle half of water from a nearby bench and pours it on her chest.
“Oh!” I gasp dramatically. “I’m so sorry, my hand slipped!”
Her head raised slowly as she glares at me maliciously, she grinds her teeth against each other.
“You didn’t just do this! I’m gonna teach you how to control your hand next time!”
Oh no! It’s over for me, she’ll so beat me to pulp today. She grabs my hair and raised her hand to punch me… I close my eyes and wait for the pain.
But a familiar voice stops her.
“Let her go!”
Claudia quickly lets go of my hair and I open my eyes… Klaus’ sister…the one that had an argument with him the other day at the hospital… walks towards us and I stare at her enviously.
This is heavenly beauty! I wasn’t able to admire her beauty that day because of the situation in which we met.
I wish I’m half as beautiful as her… Gosh! I’m so jealous right now!
“Rhoda, you….” Claudia tries to speak but she’s cut off by a harsh glare from Klaus’ sister (who I just know as Rhoda).
“What do you take this place for, Claudia? Your home where you order people around?” She asked Claudia.
Claudia didn’t reply, she simply shakes her head like a dumb-dumb!
“I don’t know why Nicklaus is still keeping you around, because of his leniency towards you… You feel this company is yours right?”
Claudia shakes her head again, I bite back a laugh.. I thought she was a fierce lioness just now?
Rhoda turns to me, her cold, straight face breaks into a warm smile.
“I believe you’re Anastasia Lopez?”
“Yes, ma’am!” I replied.
“I’m Rhoda Statham, Nicklaus’s elder sister!” She introduced herself.
“I know, I met you at the hospital when….” I trail off not knowing if she’s comfortable talking about that day.
She nods, she faces the girl behind me and said.
“You still have your job, get back to work!”
The girl breaks into a very wide grin and thanks Rhoda continuously before walking away.
Rhoda turns to Claudia with a glare. “Go back to your office and don’t disrupt the peace of the company!”
“Yes!” Claudia said and leaves, bit not before giving me a nasty glare.
If Rhoda wasn’t here, I’d have been scared of her glare… I wanna stand up for people when I’m not even strong enough… How pathetic!
“Anastasia, can I talk to you for 5minutes?” Rhoda asked.
“Yeah, but Klaus is expecting his coffee!”
She smiles and shows me a message she sent Klaus.
“I already informed him that I’ll borrow you!”
“Oh, ok!” I replied.
She nods. “Let’s go to the shop across!”
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