NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 79.
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Benjamin’s residence…
Benjamin pressed the doorbell, he’s surprised to find out his wife changed the password already.
He pressed the bell again and waited patiently for someone to come get it, he heard his wife’s calm voice from inside.
*Please hold on, I’ll be there soon!*
He leaned his body against the doorframe, not up to a minute, the door flung opened.
“Longest time, Rose!” Benjamin said.
Rose (his wife and Claudia’s mom) took a step back, at first she looked surprised.. as if she wasn’t expecting to see him.
“Yo, look who’s back from the dead” she said.
She eyed him disgustingly, Benjamin ignored her stare and pushed her aside, then walked in.
Rose shut the door behind her and followed him.
“What are you doing here?” She asked him.
“This is my house, don’t I have rights to be here?” He asked her back.
He stood in the middle of the living room, he take a look around and nod.
“This place haven’t change a bit!”
He slumped onto a sofa and closed his eyes, he took a deep breath and dropped the file he was holding on the table.
He took off his jacket and throws it at Rose, it fell on her face…she snatched it away from her face and glared at him.
“I’m hungry, get me something to eat!” He said.
Rose threw his clothes back at him, he glared at her and she glared maliciously right back at him.
“Ben, listen…”
His eyebrows furrowed instantly when he heard how firm she called his name… he’s surprised.
“…this place might remain the same… But the people living here aren’t the same anymore!”
Benjamin opened his mouth slightly, he looked like he wanted to say something… but no words came out of his mouth.
He kept gaping like a fish under water, until he manage to find something to say.
“I see you’ve been practicing all these years.. you’ve gotten a pretty smart mouth.. huh?”
“Well, I was a fool for putting up with your dirty tricks 13years ago… I’m not gonna put up with you this time, it’s high time you paid for your crimes!”
Benjamin scoffed, he got up and walked closer to Rose.. he walked round her and stopped behind her.
He leaned closer to her ear and speak.
“What do you mean? That you’re gonna expose all what I did?”
Rose didn’t speak, she balled her fist by her side and took deep breaths.. as if she’s trying to refrain herself from strangling him to death right now.
“How? Where are you gonna start from? Do you have any evidence?” He asked.
He laughed and walked back to the sofa.
“Don’t you feel any hunch of guilt? You killed your friend for his position.. don’t you feel any guilt?” She asked.
Benjamin snapped his head towards her and narrowed his eyes angry…her statement seem to provoke him.
“What’s there to be guilty about? I didn’t do anything wrong! We started Statham enterprise together… Why did he get to be CEO and I don’t?!”
“And you thought killing him would get you the position?”
“Yes! I’m gonna get the position soon!”
Rose laughed at him and shake her head. “Then why aren’t you the CEO yet? Why did you ran away like a coward after… ”
Her words muffled as Benjamin’s hands are firmly wrapped around her neck…she didn’t see him coming earlier, else she’d have dodged him.
“I’m not a coward! I was never a coward!” He growled in her face.
Rose struggled and managed to remove Benjamin’s hand from her neck and pushed him away…he allowed her to do so.
“If faking your death and hiding in a hole isn’t cowardic… ” She scoffed. “… then I don’t know what it is!”
Benjamin glared at her but she doesn’t seem to be affected by his glare…she rubbed her neck gently.
“You should man up to face the consequences of your crime, Ben!”
“That’s none of your business!”
“It is my business when you’re leading my daughter astray… you’ve brainwashed her that she no longer listen or believe whatever I tell her… ”
He released a sinister chuckle.
“… stop it! Stop brainwashing her and stop using her to do your dirty biddings!”
“She’s not doing my biddings.. she’s foolishly in love with that boy and I can’t stop her… she’s gladly doing my biddings!”
Rose stared at him, asking herself how she ended up with a heartless human being like him.
“Be careful when playing with fire.. lest you’ll get burned!” She said.
He walked towards the papers he dropped on the table… and run his fingers over them as he breaths in their scent.
“I’m almost there, I can perceive the sweet fragrance of victory…” He raised the papers up and smirk. “… I have his assets now, I’ll soon kick him out and end this game!”
“You failed the game before.. you’ll fail it again, don’t get too cocky yet!”
Benjamin smiled at her, she can see the smiled didn’t reach his eyes.
“You’ve done enough talking, get out of my sight!”
“Keep on deceiving yourself, I’ll be at the side watching your downfall… Just don’t drag my daughter with you!” Rose said.
She head towards her room, a few steps closer to her room she met her mother-in-law coming towards the living room.
“Rose, what’s happening? I was hearing you arguing with someone in my room”
“Oh, it’s Lazarus” Rose replied.
Her mother-in-law frowned in confusion.
“Your son Lazarus just resurrected from the dead.. he’s in the living room” Rose said and angrily stormed to her room.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
Nicklaus’s penthouse… Outside LA city…
My stomach growled loudly and turned on the bed, I laid on my stomach but it feels so uncomfortable.
I quickly turned and laid on my back, I feel a little bit better.
My eyes meets the clock and I realized it’s 3pm already…and I haven’t eaten anything since after breakfast.
I’m darn hungry right now, but my stubbornness won’t let me eat.
“Tasiaaaaa!”
Matilda called my name in a sing song tone, she pushed the door open and stepped in with a bowl of chips.. a glass of milk on a tray.
“You can’t starve yourself, because Mr Statham said he’s not gonna come home for some days” she said.
She dropped the tray on the bedside table and sat beside me on the bed… I turned away from her, I know she’s trying to do.
“Com’on, Tasia, eat something.. you’ll pass out if you don’t eat”
“I’m not hungry” I replied simply.
If I starve myself and Klaus hears about this, he’ll be forced to come home…I can’t stay a day without having him by my side.
Which of course I find weird.
I know I’ve been throwing tantrums lately…and honestly, I don’t understand why I’m doing it.
“Anastasia Lopez! If you don’t eat something right now, I’ll have no choice but to forcefully shove the food down your throat!” She threatened me.
I ignored her, my stomach growled again, louder than the first time.
“Tasia, stop doing this to yourself! It’s past 3pm already!”
Just then my phone started ringing, I reached for it and saw Klaus’s name flashing on the screen… I quickly threw it back on the nightstand and closed my eyes.
“Ok.. you don’t wanna speak with me now?” Matilda asked.
“No!”
“Why?”
“He’s gonna persuade me to eat, that’s not what I wanna hear, I want to hear him say he’s gonna come home after work”
“But you don’t even know… ”
Matilda’s phone started ringing, she paused her words and reached for her phone…she showed it to me.
It’s Klaus calling her, she quickly answered it.
“Hello, Mr Statham”
She paused for a moment and wait for him to speak.
“No, she still haven’t eat anything”
I smirked, I know he’ll rush here now.
“I tried, she still doesn’t wanna eat.. I think she’s pretty serious”
Pretty serious?! I’m darn serious!
“Tasia, Mr Statham wanna speak with you” Matilda said, stretching her phone towards me.
I gently pushed it aside and shake my head.
“I don’t wanna talk to him” I said.
I heard Matilda sighed. “You heard her, Mr Statham.. she refused to speak with you”
Matilda turned at me, she glared at me then walked out.. she carried the tray of chips and milk along.
If I’m not stubborn, Klaus won’t think I’m serious.
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Matilda’s pov ?
I walked out of Anastasia’s room and head towards the kitchen, my phone still pressed to my ear as Mr Statham is still speaking.
“… I’ll need your help with something else” he said.
“Ok.. what’s it?” I asked.
Just then I saw Jerry carrying a bowl of watermelon towards the kitchen, I called him quietly and handed him the tray of chips in my hand.
“Thank you!” I whispered to him and he replied me with a smile.
“… Miss Spears, are you listening?” Mr Statham asked.
“Sorry, Mr Statham, I wasn’t paying attention.. what did you say?”
“I said, I was hoping you could spend two days with Anastasia and keep her company… she’ll be bored staying that big house alone”
I nod, I slumped onto the sofa nearest to me.
“Yeah, that’s not a problem”
“Good! I’ll tell Marcus to bring some necessities for you… and please, don’t let Anastasia leave your sight for even a minute”
“Ok”
I almost laugh, he’s talking to me as if he’s talking to his assistant…I guess he’s used to giving people orders!
A frown appear on my face when I suddenly remember something.
“Right…what should I do about Tasia… she said she won’t eat anything unless you come home”
I heard him sigh and curse lowly “damn those hormones!”
I laughed, right, pregnancy hormones is really making it hard for Tasia…she gets angry and irritated at every little thing.
“Don’t worry, just stay with her… I know who can make her eat without grumbling”
“Who?” I asked with a slight frown.
Is this person someone I know?
“She’ll arrive soon!” He replied and hanged up.
Tasia is making it difficult for me because of her hormones that keeps driving wild.. I swear I’ll make her pay double for this when I’m pregnant too!
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Authoress’ pov ?
Nicklaus smiled after he hanged up, he stared at his phone briefly and shake his head.
“What a drama queen I fell in love with!” He said to himself.
He dropped his phone and went back to checking his emails..he saw series of emails, lined up waiting for his reply.
He sighed and started replying them, one after the other…soon, his ringtone blares and he reached for his phone.
Checking the caller’s ID, he realized it’s Mr Lopez…he quickly answer it.
“Hello, dad” he said.
“Nicklaus, my boys informed me that Benjamin is out…are you aware of that?”
“Yes, he dropped by my office earlier…”
He paused and frown as something crosses his mind.
“…. he wasn’t supposed to show himself, why did he suddenly showed up?”
Mr Lopez chuckled lightly.
“A bug was planted on Claudia’s phone, he was hearing all your discussions with his daughter”
Nicklaus nod in understanding.
“That old ba$tard!!” Nicklaus growled.
“Right…were you able to get his daughter’s signature on those papers?”
“Yes” he replied.
His gazed moved to the papers, a smirk appears on his lips.
“But I’m kinda worried about something”
“Keep whatever questions you have.. we’ll talk about it later in at your place” Mr Lopez said.
Nicklaus sighed and nod.
“One more thing, you shouldn’t go to Nina these days.. Benjamin’s boys are gonna be keeping tabs on you.. they’ll be watching your every move”
Nicklaus nod, not minding if Mr Lopez is seeing him or not.
“Going to her might ruin our plan…Nina is dead to the public, let her remain dead for some days… if possible, get all lovey dovey with Benjamin’s daughter..but not too lovey dovey, don’t get carried away… it’s my daughter’s happiness at stake here”
“Yes, dad”
“Good, we’ll talk about other things when you get home…also, bring that your little lawyer with you”
“Yes, dad”
Mr Lopez hanged up, Nicklaus dropped his phone and leaned back on his chair.
“Fk! I can’t wait to get rid of that old prick!” He muttered massaging his head.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
I was having a lovely sleep, when I heard a bang and I jerked up.. my eyes scan the room frantically for danger.. but found none.
With a groan, I rubbed my forehead…this sudden noise just gave me a headache.
At once I heard someone growled my name.
“Anastasia Lopez!”
I lifted my head and traced where the voice came from.. my eyes land on my aunt and they grew wide.
“A-aunt?” I stutter.
“I heard you’re starving yourself!”
Oh no! Who informed her? Or am I having a dream right now?
This must be a dream, maybe I should continue sleeping… I quickly laid back down and pulled the duvet over my head.
I shut my eyes and smiled, I don’t like this dream.
Suddenly, the duvet was ripped off me and my aunt’s angry face appeared before my eyes.
“I’m not dreaming?!” I asked.
“No, you’re not, missy! Now get up and come eat your food!” She growled and I flinched back.
Who called her?!!
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