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NICKLAUS THE MASTER

Chapter 50.

Written by: Racheal Dennis

Matilda’s pov ?

The aroma of sweet potatoes swifts through my nostrils, it got into my dream and woke me up from my sleep.

Without knowing what I’m doing, I climb down my bed and head wherever my legs take me.

“Sweet potatoes!” I chant as I walk.

I step out of the room and walk through a hallway, then I arrived at a staircase.

I quickly walked down the stairs, I’m on the last step when something suddenly strikes my mind.

Hallway! Staircase! Since when do my apartment have those?

I quickly shake off the sleep in my eyes, and let my eyes roam around briefly… I realized I’m not in my apartment.

Where am I then? How did I get here? Wait… what was the last thing I was doing?

Marcus and I were in his car, we were driving to my apartment and then… I fell asleep!

Is this his house? It must be his house, I guess simply brought me to his house instead.

That aroma of sweet potatoes swifts past my nose again, my mouth watered and my stomach growls.

Marcus should be in the kitchen, my legs hastily locates the kitchen.. truly Marcus is there, cooking.

His shirtless back is facing me, his back muscles are flexing as he moves about…his short hangs low on his waist.

He suddenly turns, though there’s an apron around his neck, covering his chest…but I can still see how muscular he is.

He’s holding a cooking spoon in his right hand, he flashes me a boyish grin and I staggers back slightly.

I know he’s hot, but I didn’t know he’s this hot.. right now, he’s super hot!

Like.. hot, hotter, hottest… Hottestest!

Ok, I came up with that last word, but he’s too hot right now.

My tongue trace my dry lips, as my eyes remains on his lips too.. the thought of kissing him suddenly cloud my mind.

I find myself taking slow steps towards him, until I stopped in front of him.

I lean forward, bringing my lips closer to his and before I knew it.. I crash my lips on his… I move my lips slowly against his.

He was shocked at first and didn’t respond, but he was quick to get over his shock.. he dropped the spoon on the counter and wrap his arms around my waist.

We heard a loud beeping sound which made us separate from each quickly.

We both turn towards the sound, it’s coming from the mini oven.. I guess he was baking something.

“Dmnit! Bloody oven!” He cur$e.

I turned to him and bite back a laugh, he’s glaring at the oven and if looks could cause any damage to it.. it’d be long destroyed by now.

“Are you gonna pull out whatever is in there out?” I asked.

“Y-yes… ” He trails off and move away from me.

He scratches the back of his neck nervously as his neck goes red… Is he being shy right now?

He walks towards the oven and pulls out a cake… I hopped off the counter.

“Did you bake that?” I asked.

He chuckles lightly.

“I think so, I mean, there’s no one else here…. ” He cuts himself off as he hissed…he got burned.

“Hey, careful there!” I said.

I quickly grab his hand and shoves his thumb in a bowl of water.. I pulled it out and blows some air on it to help it cool off.

“You should be careful while dealing with fire.. or anything hot!” I scold him.

Even though I’m concentrated on his hand, I can feel his eyes on me.. but I ignore it.

“You’re lucky you didn’t get scald!”

He didn’t reply me, I lift my head and saw him staring at me.. there’s a smile on his face.

“Why are you staring at me like that!” He shakes his head. “Stop it, it’s creepy!”

“You care about me!” He said.

I let go of his hand and pulled out a stool, I sat down and rest my elbow on the counter.. then rest my chin on my palm.

“Stop dreaming!” I told him.

“No, I won’t.. if I stop dreaming I won’t get to see you whenever I want!”

He turns back to the cake, he transfers it to a cake turntable…I don’t know why I’m seeing his sexy side today.

I kinda think he’s not so bad, since I knew him, he’s always being a gentleman… it’s not gonna be so bad to start a relationship with him…right?

Who knows if he’s my Mr right! Also, I can’t let someone else get this hot stuff.

“You know… you don’t need to wait for me in your dreams!” I said.

He paused and turn to me.

“Oh?”

“I.. I… ”

He raised an eyebrow at me, urging me to go on…I inhaled deeply and nod.

“I agree!”

“You agree?” He asked.

“I_will_be_your_girlfriend!” I said quickly.

I thought he wouldn’t understand me but he did, he heard and understand me perfectly fine.

“You will be my girlfriend?!” He asked.

I nod.

“Yes?!”

“Yes!”

“Hoo-ha!” He exclaimed loudly.

He jumps and throws his fists in the air, then sweeps me off the stool.. then he twirls around with me.

“I have a girlfriend! I have a girlfriend! I have a girlfriend!” He chants loudly.

Why is he so happy? I don’t see what the big deal is in me agreeing to be his girlfriend.

“The most beautiful girl on this planet is now my girlfriend! I have a girlfriend!”

“Ok… Marcus, you can put me down now!” I said when I’m feeling slightly dizzy.

“No! I want to scream it so loudly… I want the whole world to know I’m in a relationship now!”

I laugh lightly.. he stops twirling and crashes his lips on mine.

“Thank you, love, thank you so much for accepting me!”

“I think you’re cliche!”

“I’m just too happy!”

“Then I think you should finish up the cake.. let’s celebrate!”

He nods, he gives me a peck before sitting me back on the stool…he faced the cake and continues what he’s doing.

Humming a happy tone.

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Anastasia’s pov ?

“Wow!” I exclaimed.

I close my eyes momentarily and welcome the sweet aroma of all the food placed on our table..

Crabs… grilled chicken… Italian salad… spaghetti… they are so many that I can’t mention all of them.

“Anastasia, don’t you think this is too much?” Klaus asked.

I open my eyes and frown, I look around the table again.

“Too much? How?”

He leans forward.

“You said you’re broke, where will get money to pay for this feast?” He asked.

Hmm, I bang on the table and placed my right hand on my chest… I puff out my chest proudly.

“You’re my date, all you have to do is eat as much as you can… Leave the bills for me!”

He narrows his eyes, I guess he’s wondering why I’m so bold right now since I don’t have money on me.

His eyes scan the table.

“I believe everything here should be around $4000 or $5000, where….”

He swallows his words as Henry and I burst into a fit of laughter, we hold out stomach as we laugh…some customers turns to our table, wondering why Henry and I are laughing.

Klaus simply stares at us as if we’ve gone nuts, he leans back on his chair and folds his arms on his chest.

Henry and I laughed until we couldn’t laugh any longer, I cough lightly and sober up.

“Mr Statham, Anna’s bill is $1000!” Henry said.

He plucks out a note from his notepad.. he drops it in front of Klaus and leaves.

Klaus reaches for it and stares at it, he looks around the table.. baffled!

“How’s that possible?” He asked.

I snatched the bill from him and shoves it in my pocket, I grab my spoon and face Klaus.

“Let’s dig in!”

He shakes his head.

“Such cheap food aren’t healthy!”

I drop my spoon and bangs in the table lightly, I point at his face.

“You can insult me for being poor, but don’t ever.. I mean, don’t ever insult any food served here!”

I grab a crab and starts eating, I close my eyes and roll my head sideways in delight.. as I let its sweetness taste take over my taste bud.

“Delicious!” I said.

I open my eyes slightly and see Klaus staring at my lips as they move.. he licks his lips and gulps.

“Some people are gonna die of hunger and starvation soon.. some don’t know what they’re missing!”

His hand on the table slowly move towards his spoon..

“Lizzy is truly the kitchen goddess!”

He couldn’t hold it in anymore, he dips his spoon in the spaghetti and shoves it in his mouth.. he has a disgusted face on.

I wait patiently, cause I know he’s gonna fall in love with the food sooner… And like I predicted, he’s munching down everything on the table.

“How is it?” I asked.

He didn’t reply, he’s so focused on the food… Well, I better eat too before he finishes everything.

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Empty!

The feast Klaus was complaining about are all gone.. all that’s left on the table are bones.

“Now I understand why you said it’s a five stars hotel” Klaus said.

I gulped down my remaining juice and slams the glass on the table… I lean back on my chair and burp quietly.

“I told you, they serve the best dishes here!”

He nods. “I stand corrected!” He said.

I lean on the table, I reach for Klaus’ hand and caresses it softly.

“Well, boss, can you pay me in advance?” I asked.

He arches an eyebrow.

“Oh? Is that why you brought me on a date?”

I laugh and shake my head… it’s kinda part of it, I wanted money to rent an apartment for my aunt and Denzel.

“You know, I just spent $1000.. I need to…. ”

I shut up as he narrows his eyes at me, he smirks devilishly at me… he’s giving me that look that says *I know what you wanna do Anastasia Lopez!*

“I’m afraid I can’t pay you in advance!” He said.

I frown.

“Why? I… ”

“Shh!” He hushed me.

He dips his hand in his pocket and pulls out his wallet, he opens it and takes out a credit card.. he pushed it towards me.

“That’s your salary!” He said.

I pick up the card, I stare at it strangely.. wondering if the money on this card can rent an apartment.

“How much is here?”

“I don’t know.. but any amount you find there is yours.. the pin is 563232!”

Any amount? What if it’s just $500? No! He should tell me the amount.. I mean, I just spent my $1000 on him.

“Tell me the actual amount on it!” I said.

He frowns. “Is that really necessary?”

“Yeah!”

I can’t trade $1000 for $500.. that’s a lost game, which I’m not ready to play.

“Tell me!”

He stares at me for a moment, he takes a deep breath.

“I don’t really know how much is there but I think it should be roughly about…$700,000,000”

My eyes bulges out and the card falls off my hand.

“$700,000,000?!” I screamed.

All heads turns towards our table but I didn’t mind them, Klaus sends a glare their way and they looked away from us.

“I guess that should be the amount!” He said casually.. as if it’s nothing.

I have not hear, see or speak about such amount of money in my 21years on earth!

“Are you sure you want to gift me such amount of money?”

“Is there something wrong about that?”

“Huh?”

“You’re my fiancee and it’s my responsibility to care for you!”

$700,000,000?! God, is this a blessing?! Am I not too small for this blessing?! How can you make me rich overnight?!

“Klaus, about this money, I….”

His phone suddenly rings and cuts me off, he raised a finger at me.. gesturing me to wait.

He gets up and head towards a corner, leaving me in my bewildered state.

Is this a dream? Am I gonna wake up and see myself in my old apartment.. on my old bed?!

I picked the card up and stared at it… This small card is holding a very huge amount of money in it!