NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 43
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Nicklaus’s pov ?
I looked at the ladies in front of me, they’re both avoiding my gaze.
I’m a straight face man, I don’t really know how to smile or laugh unnecessarily, but I couldn’t help myself, this time.
I bite back a laugh as I recall, Claudia’s funny face with her haircut… her mother told me about how her haircut had gone wrong.. but I didn’t know it’ll be as bad a this.
My eyes move to my fiancee, she’s behaving like a fragile little girl but in fact, she’s a tigress!
If she can stand up to Claudia, then she’s a tigress!
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Anastasia’s pov ?
CEO’s office…
I look away from Nicklaus’s glare and bowed my head, I played with my fingers nervously.
The silence in his office is skin slicing, Claudia is standing beside me with her wig back on, her chest rising and falling as she pants heavily.
I can tell she’s trying so hard to swallow her anger, I take a peek at her and quickly look away too as her eyes shoots a killer’s glare at me.
Nicklaus bangs on his table making both Claudia and I flinch back, slightly.
He clears his throat and I know he wants to say something.
“Klaus, before you get mad…I didn’t mean to have a fight with Claudia…I was just trying to save a coworker!” I speak.
He raised an eyebrow, as if signalling me to continue.
“I saw Claudia and a female worker downstairs…she was firing the female worker, so I intervened!”
Klaus turns towards Claudia, his thick eyebrows drew together in a very deep frown.
“Mr Statham, that’s not true!” Claudia defends herself.
Klaus shuts his eyes and rubs his temple, he leans back on his chair and puffs out some air.
He looks at us, like a man with his wife and side chick standing in front of him for judgement… after having a fight.
“Did you two know what you’re doing?!” He asked in a calm but angry voice.
None of us speak.
“This is a working environment… what did you think you were doing creating a scene downstairs?!”
I bite my lower lip, he’s right, I shouldn’t have picked up a fight with Claudia… I should have reported her instead.
“Mr Statham, she started it!” She said and points at me.
I draw my eyebrows together in a deep frown…what did she mean?
Everyone downstairs can testify that I didn’t start the fight.
“I started it?”
“Yes! You took off my wig!”
I scoffed.
“Well that’s because I was trying to defend myself, you threw a punch at me first… Everyone can testify to that!”
“Then where did I land the punch on you?” She asked.
Hmm, that’s a foul play, Claudia!
“I dodged it and that’s when I pulled off your wig.. I didn’t do it intentionally!”
She stomps her feet on the ground and get in my face as if she wanna bite off my head.
“But you still did!”
“How am I supposed to know you don’t have any hair and that you’re using a wig!”
“I have hair…. ”
A loud bang on the table cuts her off and remind us where we are.
“Claudia, you are getting bold, huh?!”
“Mr Statham I… ”
“You were trying to fire my employee without my permission!”
Claudia bows her head, she plays with her fingers as I had did a few minutes ago.
“And the worse part…. ” He bangs on his table again.
This time louder than the first time, making Claudia and I flinch again… I swear I even bite my tongue and a metallic taste flows in my mouth.
I guess that’s blood.
“… You dared to fight my fiancee! The future Mrs Statham!” He growls.
My stomach bubbles in joy, while hers boils in great anger… she balled her fist.
“Do you know you can get fired for that alone?” He asked her.
I see her gulps slowly.
“I’m sorry, Mr Statham, it won’t happen again!” She apologies.
Sorry?!
Sorry won’t work, she needs to be fired.. not that I’m trying to get back at her for anything…but from what I’ve witnessed, she’s got too much power here.
If she’s not fired now she’ll keep getting bolder and bolder.
“You know what’s stopping me from firing you right now, right?”
“I know, Mr Statham!”
Klaus keeps quiet and glares at her harshly, like his glare could kill her.
“You are fined, no salary for you this month and next month!” He said.
“What? Mr Statham, that’s too much! And also, why am I getting fined?”
“For attacking your boss’s wife publicly, you can get fired if that’s what you prefer!”
She shakes her head.
“I prefer paying the fine, sir!”
Klaus nods.
“Now get back to work and behave!”
Claudia nods and turns to leave, not before giving me a glare though.
I wait until she shuts the door before speaking to Klaus.
“Why did you just fined her? Why didn’t you fire didn’t her?”
He pulls out a file from the filling cabinet behind him, he opens it and glances through.
“I can’t fire her even if I want to” he replies.
“Why? Can’t you see she’s getting bold?”
He didn’t respond.
“She can even fire your employees without telling you first! She was the one that kicked me out for telling a white lie… how much authority does she have here exactly?”
He paused and stares at me.
“Well, she wasn’t wrong for kicking you out… Honesty is our top priority here, this place is not meant for dishonest people!”
I frown…is he defending her?
“I don’t get it, are you calling me a dishonest person? Or you’re trying to defend her?”
“I’m not trying to defend her, neither am I calling you a dishonest person….”
“Then why can’t you fire her already?”
Ok, now I sound like a bad guy…like a wicked wtch, but replaying the scene between Claudia and that girl at the lobby keep making me angry.
“You won’t understand why I don’t wanna fire her!”
I won’t understand? Is there another business going on between them?
“Why can’t you fire her?”
I want for his response, after a few seconds of silence, he speak.
“I won’t fire her!” He said firmly.
Oh, I wasn’t expecting kind of answer from him…
“Why?” Is the only question I could ask.
He got up and walk towards the big glass window, he puts his hands behind him and stare out of the window.
“Because of her father!”
“Her father?”
He nods.
“Her father was once a shareholder in our company and he didn’t have any other investments… he and my father were friends, very close friends…”
They were friends? Does that mean I once knew Claudia too?were we friends too before?
“…after my father’s death, Claudia’s father was the one that put me through so many things…he helped me a lot, when everyone was against me being the president of this enterprise…he stood by me and helped me acquire my rightful position….”
He paused briefly, then continued.
“… unfortunately, two years ago, he caught a strange disease and died…but before he died, he entrusted his wife, daughter and sick mother to me… I can’t fire her for their sake…they all depend on this job to feed!”
Hmm, now I understand why he doesn’t want to fire her… he’s just repaying a favour!
“But you’ve fined her two months salary, how is her mother and grandmother gonna feed?” I asked.
“I’m gonna send her salary over to her mother.. I told her that so she will reflect on her mistakes!”
“Oh!”
He’s a man of great wisdom, I’m proud of him…what he’s doing is not bad but Claudia is taking advantage of it.
He turns back to me with a glare, but I can tell it’s a playful glare.
“And you, Miss Lopez, are you aware that you’re my fiancee?”
I nod with a smirk. “I’m very much aware!”
“Do you know all eyes are on you now?”
“Are they?”
He sighs and walk towards me, he wraps right arm around my waist and held up my chin.
“Don’t you think fighting in public will bring harm to my reputation?”
I didn’t speak, he stares in my eyes.
“You’re lucky the media doesn’t know about you yet, else this fight between you and Claudia would have been a disaster!” He said.
I laugh, he leaves my chin and caresses my hair.
“I promise I won’t get involved in fights anymore!”
He nods.
“Now, that’s a good little fiancee… Always report anything you feel that is wrong to me, I’ll correct it myself!”
I nod sheepishly, he leans down to kss my lips but I suddenly recalls his words…I stop him.
“Wait, you said luckily the media doesn’t know about me yet?”
“Yeah?”
“Why? Is it because you don’t want them to know about me?”
He opens his mouth to speak but I speak before him.
“Not that I want them to know about me… but they’re supposed to be curious when they see you with a mysterious lady… ”
He leads us back to his chair, he sits down and sits me on his laps.
“… like, they’re supposed to be asking all kinds of questions!”
“All kinds of questions? Like which kind of questions?”
I clear my throat and held out my hand like a recorder.. pretending that I’m a reporter.
“Mr Statham, you are recently spotted with a lady.. what’s your relationship with her? Is she your girlfriend? Your business partner? Please tell us Mr Statham!”
Klaus laughs at me and shakes his head.
“I think you should be a reporter instead of working here!” He said.
“No, thank you!”
He chuckles lightly.
“Well, they will be quite curious when I attend the gala with you.. but for now, Marcus make sure to buy off any news about you and me!”
“Why?”
He leans forward and placed a lingering kss on my lips… He smile at me.
“Reasons best known to me!” He replies simply.
With a nod, I got off his lap and adjust my clothes.. I arrange my hair and clear my throat.
“Now let’s be professional, Mr Statham, what’s my task for today?” I asked.
We had both agreed before leaving home..that we won’t let our relationship get in the way of our job.
He’ll be my boss and CEO here, and my fiancee at home!
“First, get me that folder!” He points at a folder in the shelf behind me.
I turn around and quickly brings it, I dropped it on the table.
“Ok… go to the distribution department, get last month’s report from Tim and bring it to me!”
“Yes, sir!” I said and head out.
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Few hours later….
I yawn tiredly and stretch my stiff limbs, I massage my neck softly and stare at the screen of my computer.
It’s been a few hours since I’m sitting on this chair, typing…my fingers are hurting me.. thankfully, I’m finally done.
“Miss Lopez, are you ok there?” Klaus asked me from his table.
I nod.
“I’m fine!”
“Are you done with that report?” He asked again.
“Yes, I’ll soon print it out”
My eyes scan the screen and I realized I haven’t saved it, I quickly saved it before turning back to Klaus.
“Bring it to my table when you’re done printing it out, also, clear my schedule for the rest of today!”
“Yes, sir!” I turn back to my computer and continue working.
Just then, a knock is heard and Klaus invites the person in.. the person walks in and I see it’s Graham.
He gives me a polite nod.
“Mr Statham, your lunch!” He said.
My stomach growls quietly when I see the lunchbox, that’s when I remembered it’s really time for lunch.
“Put it on that table!” Klaus told him.
He walks towards the sitting area in the office, he drops the lunch on the table.
“I’ll take my leave, sir!” He said and left.
My eyes focus on the food and I lick my dry lips, my mouth watering even though I don’t know which kind of food exactly.
“Let’s eat first!” I hear Klaus say beside me.
When did he get here? He takes my hand and leads me towards the sitting area.
“Let’s see what we have for lunch!” He said.
We sit down and he opens it, I inhaled deeply when the sweet aroma of beef and spaghetti welcomes me.
“Wow, smells delicious! Where did you bought this?” I asked.
“Jerry cooked it!” He replies.
“That guy is blessed!”
Klaus hands me a fork, soon we both starts eating.
Just few minutes after we start eating, Claudia walks in without knocking… she’s holding a plastic bag in her hand.
Her step falters when she sees us eating, her eyes stays on our food.
“Oh, you’re already having lunch?” She asked.
I was expecting Klaus to answer but he didn’t, he simply ignores her and continues eating.
“I.. I guess I’ll just eat this myself!”
Klaus still didn’t talk to her, I wanted to accept it from her but a glare from Klaus stopped me.
Claudia turns and walk away, she must be feeling quite embarrassed… I sighed and continue eating.
I would have scold Klaus for giving her a cold shoulder, but it’s just a waste of time.
Klaus’ phone suddenly starts ringing, he reaches for it in his pocket and checks the caller’s ID.
“It’s aunt Bell” he said.
I quickly snatch the phone from him. “I think she wants to speak with me!”
Remember I broke my phone and I haven’t got a new one, the only way she can communicate with me now, is by calling Klaus.
“Hello, aunt?”
“Anna, it’s time!” She said.
I frown, then I remember that today’s Denzel’s operation day..my heart skip.
“I’ll be right there!” I said and hang up.
I hand Klaus his phone and sprints up, I rushed back to my table and snatch my bag.
“What’s going on?” Klaus asked me.
“It’s Denzel’s operation, it’s about to start now!” I replied hurriedly.
I rushed to the door and grab the handle, before I could open it.. Klaus speak!
“I’ll drive you!”
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