The 10th Commandment

chapter 43

CHAPTER 43

SYDNEY’S P.O.V

Saya tau Jelo memang merajuk bila saya whatsapp yang saya tidak dapat attend her TV show interview because it means so much to her…

No, I did not plan a proposal on live TV… tapi sememangnya saya merancang untuk melamar Jelo secara rasmi, bukan lamaran dalam contract…  I thought of a candlelight dinner, so cliché but that’s what women like, don’t they?

A day after returning from Milan, mom had a surprise family dinner sebagai menyambut kepulangan kami dengan selamat… just us Robinsons, menantu-menantu dan cucu-cucu… belum ada cicit… hahaha… after dinner and all the chit chats, yang lain pun balik ke rumah masing-masing… tinggal mom, dad, London, Chester and me lagi di ruang tamu keluarga… tapi itupun Chester excused himself and left for his club…

“ling…” mom menyapa dad yang sedang menghiup kopi panas dia… “I’ll go up and leave you with the boys…” macam ada sesuatu yang tersirat di mata mom…

“you’re putting it all on me, ling?” terbulat mata dad bila mom berdiri and walked to the stairs…

“you can do it, ling…” mom smiled and gave dad a muscle sign… 💪🏼 “fighting…”

Huh? fighting? mom terjebak dengan drama Korea kah sudah ni? terjangkit penyakit si Bella kali mom ni tau…

Tanpa basa-basi dad terus go straight to the point…
“mom and dad sudah went to the Ashburns… I think you know that already…”

I reached for my coffee, my eyes looking at dad without saying a word… dubs dubs dubs jantung saya… kenapa saya nervous mau tau keputusan merisik at the Ashburns ni?

Sebenarnya tidak lama selepas mom and dad returned to KK sudah dorang jumpa Jelo’s parents… mati-mati saya mau tau the outcome… berapa berian, belanja dapur segala tapi dorang suruh saya chill and will tell me when I balik KK nanti…

“mahal kah the berian, dad?” London yang tanya… “can si counsel afford?” London tersenyum miring sambil menyiku saya… deii, I own 3 of the best firms in 2 countries…

“kalau tidak cukup duit saya, kau kasi tambah lah, babang… sponsor…” saya membalas London…

“boleh bah… tapi ada bunga…” London replied… kitai…

“saya bilang sponsor bukan pinjam…” ciss punya babang…

Dad berdehem…
“so, Datuk Arakan was okay-okay lah about it”

No, it didn’t sound okay-okay… dad continued
“not declined…”

Dad made me sound like a broken credit card
“not accepted either…”
“huh?” London yang terkejut… “reason?”

I just blinked… I gulped on my coffee to calm my racing heart beat, it’s a little cold already…

“they just gave the greenlight to Kurtis Bestian’s proposal…” dad said calmly…

“UHUUK! UHUUK!” I choked on my coffee…

London patted my back… both of us in shock… London sememangnya tau how close I am to Jelo and Jelo avoided Kurtis like he’s a virus…

“it’s now on you, Sydney…” lantas dad berdiri… “you mau fight for Angelarra or give up like… you know who…”

“that woman is not even worth fighting for even if Sydney had the chance to fight for her…” London said coldly… yes, dad was referring to Lilia in his ‘you know who’ statement…