The 10th Commandment

chapter 35

CHAPTER 35

SYDNEY’S P.O.V

“Arkkhh! RARA!”

Right. She makes me crazy… that feeling to own her, and she owns me was so strong that demanded her to say it outloud… tapi Jelo diam membisu…

Until… hugging her with her head on my chest, and she’s hugging my waist, she whispered softly…
“I’m yours…”
“I take that as a promise…” I kissed the top of her head…

We hugged each other to sleep… saya mengambil lebih lama masa untuk melelapkan mata…

The night in the garden replayed in my head… I did 2 crazy stuff that night…
tying clause no.9 – the marriage clause and…
mengaku yang saya sayang Jelo…

Dan saya ada sedar-sedarlah kan… kerana sayang, saya sanggup berkahwin…

Ready or not, Syd… saya sanggup mengahwini Jelo daripada nampak dia berkahwin dengan Kurtis… walau Kurtis mencintai Jelo, saya pun berhak… sebab saya menyayangi Jelo… isn’t that nearly the same?  And we broke our agreement… Clause no.7… bukan sekali…tapi berkali-kali until I lost count… for all I know, Jelo might already be carrying our baby in her tummy…

Saya menatap wajah Jelo yang sedang tidur dengan damainya… imagining who will our baby look like… menghangat hati saya terimagine a baby girl that look exactly like her mommy…

Saya menyentuh kudou Jelo sambil membisik…
“I want this…” her eyebrows…
“I want this…” her eyes…
“I want this…” her nose…
“I want this…” her lips…
“I want this…” her chin…

Bibir saya hampir menyentuh bibir dia…
“then what’s left for me if you want all?” Jelo menahan tawa…

Damn… hahaha! Saya ingat dia sudah tertidur…. erk, nasib I didn’t say my baby imagination outloud…

“nothing…” saya jawab…
“greedy… orang tamak selalu rugi, you know kah…?” Jelo tersenyum, mata dia masih terpejam… I know she’s fighting to stay awake…

“ini jenis tamak yang tidak akan rugi…” saya membalas… “Rara…”
“mmm…?” dia menyahut…
“Rara…” lagi saya bilang…
“mmm…?” her voice low… macam di awang-awangan sudah dia…

“Rara… Angelarra…” saya bisik, bibir saya menyentuh kudou dia…
“apa tu, Sydney?” serak suara Jelo ni…
“tiada…” saya memeluk dia erat… “I just like your name on my lips…”
“me too…” her voice getting lower…
“you like your name too?” saya tersenyum, geli pula hati saya…

“mmm… I like… my name…” her voice slowly fading away to dreamland… “on your lips…”

The image of Kurtis at the club tadi played on my mind…

You’re right, Bestian… just keep that in mind… you were only her man… past tense…

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That next morning, saya tersedar ada handphone berbunyi…

KRING! KRING! KRING! Sengaja saya kasi handphone kami bersebelahan semalam supaya saya tidak perlu angkat any calls and I can sleep in peace… tsk tsk… biar si sayang yang menjawab panggilan…

Walau mata saya masih terpejam, I can still sense that Jelo is staring at my sleeping face…
“answer lah...” masih serak suara saya…

Then Jelo answered the call on my handphone…
“Hello…”
“Hello…?” Jelo again…

Saya membelai pipi Jelo dengan bibir saya, lantas saya menanya…
“siapa that, sayang?”

My cheek on Jelo’s cheek… my lips touched her cheek, so my voice could have been quite clear for the caller to hear…