On My Master’s Bed episode 36 – 37
ON MY MASTER’S BED 🔞
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Nicklaus’s Addiction 🔥
Chapter 36
Written by: Racheal Dennis
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Authoress’ pov 👠
Claudia sits next to Mrs Statham at the backseat, her arms folded across her chest as she sulks.
Mrs Statham notices her pulling a long face but ignores her and pretends like she’s not seeing her.
She reaches for her phone and entered her photo storage, she opens Nicklaus and Anastasia’s picture which she had saved yesterday.
With a smile on her face, she stares at the picture.
“Aunt, I thought we went there to tell that Anna girl off? Why did we leave instead?”
“Klaus told me he loves her!” She replies Claudia, not taking her eyes off the picture.
“He loves her?!”
“Hmm!” Mrs Statham hums.
“But… that is not true! What about Nina? Klaus can’t love anyone if she’s not Nina..we should remind Klaus about Nina…”
Mrs Statham drops her phone on her lap and give Claudia a stern look.
“Since Klaus loves Anastasia, there’s nothing we can do about it!”
“But….”
“I’m not gonna be the kind of mother that ruins her son’s happiness for her own selfish gain…yes, I like you and I want you for Nicklaus..but since he’s found someone he loves, I’ll let heaven take its course!”
Claudia frowns.
“Aunt….”
Just then, the car jerks forward and stops, Mrs Statham look outside the window and turns back to Claudia.
“You’re home, do send my greetings to your mother!”
Claudia stares at her a few minutes before opening the door and step out.
“Drive!” Mrs Statham tells her driver.
“Yes, ma’am!”
The driver starts the car and drives off, Claudia watches the car until it’s out of sight.
An elder woman rushes over to her, she look so much like Claudia but an older version.
“Claudia, you’re back?” She asked in a soft voice.
“Get lost!” Claudia growls at her before storming angrily into the house.
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Anastasia’s pov 👠
It’s been almost an hour now, we’re still waiting… impatiently waiting..,for doctor Hemsworth to come from the ICU… we’re waiting for him to come out with good news.
Matilda and Marcus left to get aunt and I something to eat, since we haven’t eaten this morning.
Klaus is standing next to me, doing nothing, just standing there and watching me… I kinda feel safe and strong with him beside me.
Few minutes later, the doors open and doctor Hemsworth came out.. aunt and I get up and rush to him.
He removes his nose mask and smiles at us, but we didn’t return his smile.. we’re too worried for that.
“Doctor, how’s Denzel? What happened to him? Why did he suddenly passed out again?” Aunt asked series of questions.
I rub her back in a comforting manner, helping her calm down.
“Ms Bell, your nephew is fine, he just had too much candies”
Doctor Hemsworth paused and frown.
“I told you to be careful with him recently, he shouldn’t take too much sugar until his operation is done.. why did you let him?”
Aunt shake her head, trying to blink away the tears brimming in her eyes.
“I don’t let him eat candies, he must have sneak away to have them” she explained.
Doctor Hemsworth sighs deeply.
“So… doctor, how is my brother doing now?” I asked.
“He’s out of danger, he’ll be sent back to his ward soon.. listen, guys, that boy’s gonna have his operation tomorrow.. please watch him closely, Denzel is smart and kinda stubborn as I have noticed… ”
We nod in support of that statement, Denzel can be difficult and hærd to control sometimes.
“… don’t let him out of your sight today, not even when he wants to use the bathroom.. he’ll be craving for sweets now.. don’t let him have any… ”
He cuts himself off and smile.
“.. spending time with Denzel has made me fall in love with him, I love him and treat him like my own son… I don’t want anything to go wrong during his operation, please!”
Aunt and I nod.
“Thank you, doc!” We both greet him.
“Hmm, I should go back to my office.. excuse!” He said and walks off.
A few minutes after he left, three nurses pushes Denzel out in a stretcher.
We follow them back to Denzel’s ward, they lay him on his bed before leaving.
Aunt and I rushed to his side, aunt holds his right hand in hers while I hold his left hand in mine.
“Denzel?” Aunt called in a whisper.
Denzel opens his eyes, he looks at aunt and smile at her. He gently snatches his hands away from ours and wipes off aunt’s tears.
“Aunt, don’t cry” he whispers.
Aunt laugh amidst tears, she shakes her head.
“You scared us, Denzel” she said.
“I won’t do it again, I’m sorry aunt!” He apologised.
His head turns to me, he smiles.
“Anna, you got married!”
“Huh?”
Did he hit his head before passing out?
Because last time I checked, I’m very much single.. in fact, my heart was broken this morning.
“I saw you in my dream, you and him…”
He points at someone behind me, I know he’s pointing at Klaus.
“… You got married to him!” He whispers.
“Denzel, it seems like, you hit your head before passing out!”
Aunt laughs at my comment, Denzel simply stares at me.. feeling confused. I ruffles his hair.
“I’m happy you’re safe!” I told him, he nods before turning to aunt.
“Water!” He tells her.
Aunt nods and gets, she head out with a small thermo to get some water.
My stomach growls loudly and I wince, I rub it.
I’m damn hungry, but neither Marcus nor Matilda is back with any food.. I wonder if they couldn’t find any food to buy.
Klaus clears his throat behind me.
“Er… bae, here…”
He stretches an apple towards me, but I didn’t accept it..he comes in front of me, he sits on a couch.
“I.. I know this is not the right time or place to say this.. but I’m sorry if I hurt you, I’m truly sorry!”
I ignored him, I reach in my pocket for my phone to call Matilda.. then I remembered that my phone slipped off my hand earlier.
I gro-n mentally, I’m gonna die of hunger before they get back.
“Nina, I….”
I glare at him.
“Can you stop saying that name in front of me? It’s hurting my ears!”
I’m tired of hearing that name, Nina this… Nina that… I’m sick and tired of it.
“I don’t care who Nina is or what she was to you, just don’t say her name everytime you see me!”
He stares at me with his mouth slightly open, he close his eyes briefly and takes a deep breath.
“Fine! I’ll tell you the truth!”
“Don’t, it’ll just cause arguments between us which, as you can see, it’s not good for Denzel”
I see Denzel’s attention is back to me, he’s looking between Klaus and I.
“Please leave!” I told him.
“You’re Nina!” He said.
I don’t know if I’m imagining this right now, but this words keeps repeating in my ears.
“You’re the Nina I always speak of! You’re the Nina that I love! You’re the Nina that’s engaged to me since we were children! You’re Nina, my childhood sweetheart!” He rushed out.
I tensed, I’m Nina?! Does this mean Matilda’s Information is correct?!
No! That’s not true, if it was true why didn’t aunt tell me about it?
“You’re never a replacement, you’re Nina!” He said again.
“Liar! You’re just saying that to make me come back and continue being your fake girlfriend!”
How can I be Nina?!
“I’m not just saying it, you’re really my Nina!”
I stare in his eyes and search for any trace of lie in it, but found none.. is he saying the truth?
“Anna, Nicklaus is right, you’re Nina!” I hear aunt say.
She’s standing by the door, holding the thermo in her hand.
“Aunt…” I turned towards her.
She walks in,side, pours some water in a glass and hands it to Denzel.. then she turns back to us.
“Aunt, what do you mean?” I asked her.
Aunt smiles.
“I guess we shouldn’t hide it from you any longer… You’re Nina, and you’re already engaged to Nicklaus since you were little!”
I turn to Klaus, he’s already staring at me, so I quickly turn back to aunt.
“But.. how come I don’t remember him? Is it because of that accident I had?”
Aunt nods.
“Yes! And Denzel’s parents are not yours…. ”
“What?!” I exclaimed.
Now this is something I’m not gonna accept! How can Denzel and I have different parents?
I remember my parents clearly.. I mean I spent everyday of my life with them.. until they died in that car explosion!
“We can’t talk about this in front of Denzel.. let’s go out!” Aunt said.
She got up and head out, I simply sit down, not able to get up and stare at Denzel. We look so much alike.. how can we not be real siblings?
“Anastasia, let’s go!” Klaus said.
He pulls me up when he notice I’m not ready to get up, he leads me out.. after walking a few steps.. we saw aunt sitting on a bench, in a corner.
I sit next to aunt, while Klaus sits next to me.
“Aunt, what do you mean by saying Denzel’s parents are not mine?” I asked.
She reaches for my hands on my lap and holds them.
“Denzel’s dad is your uncle, your real parents were killed in their home!”
“My real parents were killed?” She nods. “I’m confused, aunt, can you make it clear?”
Sighs and begins.
“I don’t blame you if you can’t remember, after all you were just 8 when it happened… two days after your engagement with Nicklaus… your home was attacked and your parents were assassinated!”
I frown, my biological parents were killed in their own home?
My eyes searches hers as she said these words, all I could see in her eyes is honesty.
I turned to Klaus too, he seems to be listening to aunt’s story…which means it’s true!
“Why were they killed? And who killed them? Where’s the murderer now? Have they been sentence?” I asked.
Aunt shakes her head sadly, she s-cks in a deep breath.
“We don’t know who killed them or why they were killed.. your mother was smart enough to hide you, hence you are saved!”
I frown, I don’t know why but I feel a great anger surge through me.
“Then how did I lost my memories? How did I end up staying with my par….”
I cut myself off, sigh.
“… Denzel’s parents, how did I end up spending almost all my life with them?” I asked.
Aunt stayed silent for a moment, she shuts her eyes as if she’s having pains.
“I don’t know what happened exactly, but you went over to Statham’s residence to inform them about what’s happening in your home… ”
I can imagine my eight years old self, running as fast as my feet could carry me.
“… we don’t really know what happened, but when rescue came.. they found you laying unconsciously next to Nicklaus’s father’s dead body… ”
Oh my God! Please, it shouldn’t be that a small child like me killed him.
I turn to Klaus, he simply smiles at me and reaches out to wipe my cheeks… I didn’t even realize I’m crying!
“… we took you to the hospital after that, the doctor said you will suffer from a long time amnesia.. he said maybe your fall was very hærd.. we don’t know what happened, you only know!” She concludes.
“But sadly I don’t remember!” I added.
She nods, Klaus wraps his arm around my shoulder, rubbing my shoulder in a comforting manner.
“When you woke up, you couldn’t remember anything.. not even your name, and Denzel’s father look so much like your father.. so you thought he was your father… ”
Hmm…
“… we wanted to correct you that he’s not your father, we wanted to tell you the truth then that your father is dead but the doctor advise against.. he said we shouldn’t try to force you to remember or you might lose your sanity…he said we should wait until you can remember naturally!”
I can’t believe I went through all these bad days.
“So… Nicklaus is telling you the truth, your real name is Nina Maya Lopez!” Aunt said.
I turn to Klaus and he nods at me…so I’m really the Nina he’s being talking!
I’m the woman he love! He love me even though we’ve been apart for so many years!
And above all, I have been feeling jealous of myself all along!
“Anna!” Aunt calls me, she gets up and smiles. “I’ll leave you two alone to make up, you know, Denzel can’t be left unsupervised before the operation!”
I frown.. she’s leaving me alone with Klaus?! What am I gonna say to him?!
“Who knows if he’s busy eating candies now… bye-bye!” She said and runs off.
I can feel Klaus’ eyes on me right now, I did a sharp intake of breath…I have overrated again.. getting angry and jealous over nothing.
“Anastasia, this is the second time you’ve come to conclusion without waiting for my explanation!” He said.
Uh-oh! This is gonna be so awkward!
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Authoress’ pov 👠
“Will you quite following me as if you’re my pet cat?!” Matilda barks at Marcus.
Marcus has been following her around since she left to buy some food for Ms Bell and Anastasia.
“I don’t mind being your cat… Meow!” Marcus said and winks at her.
She throws him a very harsh glare in return, but Marcus didn’t mind her glare at all.. he simply smiles sheepishly at her.
“What’s your problem?! What do you want from me?”
“Nothing, I just want us to talk!” He replies.
“Talk about what?” She asked, even though she knows what he meant.
“About us”
“There’s nothing to talk about, Mr Aurelius!” She said coldly.
“There’s a lot to talk about, we are both adults… What happened between us is normal”
Her cheeks starts heating up when she thinks about what Marcus is talking about.. she quickly uses her hair as a cover.
“I told you, let’s forget about what happened”
“You can forget about it, but I can’t.. ”
Matilda frowns, but she didn’t say anything.
“… listen, you’ve occupied my mind since you left. You’re all I have been thinking about, I can’t get you off my mind…. ”
“Wait.. what are you doing?” Matilda cuts him off.
“I’m confessing my love to you!”
She releases a laugh and shakes her head.
“That’s funny!”
Marcus frowns, wondering what’s funny about what he just said.
“You think I’m a call girl? Confessing love to me along the streets?”
“But… ”
She shuts him off with a glare, she stops walking and Marcus almost bump into her.. since he was too focus staring at her butts.
“I know the perfect way for you to make a confession!” She said.
“Really?!”
“Hmm” she hums and smirks.
“Tell me, anything you want, I’ll do it!”
Matilda nods, her smirk growing w¡der and w¡der… she opens her hand in front of Marcus.
“Give me your credit card!” She said.
Without thinking, Marcus quickly reach for his wallet, he opens it and takes out his credit card.. then hands it to Matilda.
“Your password?” She asked.
“212354!”
“212354?” She repeats.
Marcus nods with a smile, then he suddenly realizes something.. when he sees Matilda flaunting his card in front of his eyes… and his smile falters.
“W-what.. w-what do you want my credit card for?” He asked in a stutter.
Matilda stares at the credit card in her hand.
“To claim your registration fee!” She smiles and increases her walking pace.
“Registration fee?!”
“Yeah, you must register before making your love confession to me!”
Marcus frowns.
“But I haven’t heard of guys registering before making love confessions”
“Well, there’s a first time for everything… You’ve heard it now!” Matilda said.
The way she’s saying it makes her look and sound like snow white’s wicked step mother.
“But….”
“Shhh, boy!” She shushes him. “Let’s hit the mall”
She lets out a loud, wicked laugh and runs off, Marcus also runs after her scre-ming in his head.
*Please don’t wreck my account, I’m not a rich dude! I only have $2000 in there!*
“Come on, slow punk!”
Matilda calls out to him, when she notices she’s a very good meters away from him.
“Wait… let’s go get Nicky’s credit card instead!” Marcus yells.
“No! We must use yours!” Matilda yells back.
“No, please! I’m a broke nigga!”
“Oh, I love broke niggas!”
Marcus gro-ns and increase his pace to catch up with her.
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Anastasia’s pov 👠
“Klaus, I’m sorry, I.. I..”
“What are you sorry about, Nina?” He asked.
Nina! I’m not used to that name yet.. I looked down at my fingers as I play with them.
I haven’t been able to look at him since I found out I’m Nina, I’m so ashamed of myself right now.
I can’t believe I was getting jealous of me.. it sound ridiculous!
“Nina, raise your head and look at me!” He said.
Slowly, I raised my head, oddly enough, he’s smiling at me…I know he must be feeling good about me making a fool of myself!
“What are you sorry about?” He asked again.
“I.. I should have listened to you earlier, I should have let you explain things.. I’m sorry, I’m really sorry… ”
“I’m not mad at you!” He cuts me off.
My mouth hangs open at his words.
“You’re not mad at me?” I asked and he shakes his head. “Why?”
“I understand your anger, we are in a relationsh¡p and I keep on talking about another woman.. though it’s still you but you didn’t know that.. so your anger is justified…. ”
He understands me? I thought Klaus was an unreasonable person.
“… I wouldn’t like it if you are talking about another man in front of me… I should have respect our relationsh¡p and explain things to you clearly”
I smiled, I didn’t know he’s this understanding.
“Er.. since you know I’m Nina, why didn’t you tell me earlier? Why did you suggest we have a fake relationsh¡p?”
“Aunt Bell didn’t want me to tell you at first, that was the only way I could keep you by my side!”
Really? I narrowed my eyes as a question strikes me.
“Does that mean you know I’m Nina before helping me with Denzel’s medical bills?”
I wonder if he would have let Denzel die if I wasn’t Nina!
“No, I didn’t know then.. I only found out after I made up my mind to pay the bills”
I nod.
“Besides, if I remember correctly, you still have one unfulfilled condition!”
“Huh? Is there still need for conditions?”
“Yes!” He answered firmly.
I gro-n and my shoulders slumps down… He stares at me for a few minutes, making me furrow my brows.
“Move in with me!” He said in an authoritative tone.
“Move in with you?!”
“Yes, that’s the third condition!”
A smile tugs the corner of my l-ips, I have been secretly longing to live with him under one roof.
“Am I moving in with you as your fake girlfriend?”
He takes my hands in his and flicks my head.
“You’ve never being my fake girlfriend, in my heart you’re my fiancee, the woman I love.. you’ve always been my woman.. my one and only!”
My stomach turn as those butterflies starts dancing at his words.. I feel myself blushing.
“So.. you are moving in with me today!”
“Today? Why not tomorrow?”
“No! Tomorrow is too far!” He said with a scowl.
“Oh!”
He pushes my hair back.
“I can’t let my fiancee live in a shabby apartment now, right?”
I rolled my eyes, rich people and their ego! I don’t see anything wrong with our apartment.. it’s very…. I don’t know how to describe it.
“But please, next time, always wait for my explanation.. don’t just run off like that, ok?”
I nod and smile, he stares at me in the eyeballs, I don’t know what he’s looking for.
“I love you, Anastasia, it’s only you and will always be only you.. I love you!”
“I.. I.. I…”
Why can’t I just say it already? I love him, why can’t I say the word?
“You what?”
I closed my eyes and inhale deeply.
“I love you, Nickla….”
He cuts me off by crashing his l-ips on mine, I was kinda shocked so my eyes snaps open.
He lifts me off the bench and sits me on his laps and wrap his arm around my wa-ist and moves his l-ips against mine.
My eyes close on their own accord as I reciprocated his k-ss… but we were interrupted as we hear aunt clearing her throat.
I open my eyes as my teeth bites Nicklaus’s lower lip, he winces quietly.. I quickly jump off his lap.
“A-aunt!” I stutter.
Klaus also gets up and adjust his shirt, aunt look between us while we try our best to avoid her eyes.
What an awkward moment!
“I see you’ve made up!” She said.
Chapter 37
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 p-nties you bought can’t be classified as undies!” She said.
“What granny p-nties? Those p-nties are of very high quality, you know?”
She barks a laugh.
“Yeah, high quality granny p-nties!”
I frown and set my l-ips 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 sed-ce your man of course!”
To sed-ce 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 sed-cing 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 sed-ction!”
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 wh0le 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 in,side 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 gro-ns 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 p-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 p-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 p-nties! 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 p-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 wa-ist, 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 wa-ist, 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?!”
To be continued.
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