Matteo

11 | Matteo

Encik Jaafar melihat isterinya.

"Agak agaklah.. kalau Eve tahu siapa Matteo tu sebenarnya, will she be angry? I mean she love him so much. But she deserves to know who he is."

"I know, abang. Tapi kita tak boleh ganggu hal mereka. Apa yang saya tahu, Eve sayang dia. I know that, she'll never give up on him. And he will never give up on her. Ever."

Evelynn memandang Matteo.

"How was your meeting pagi tadi?"

Matteo tersenyum sambil memandang Evelynn tanpa berkelip. Wajah Evelynn membahang.

"Kenapa awak pandang saya macam tu? Is there something on my face?" "Hmm." "What? There's something?" "Beauty."

Evelynn terkelu. Dia tersenyum lalu tundukkan wajahnya. Malu!

"Janganlah macam ni. Malu saya." "Kenapa tak boleh? Saya pandang bakal isteri saya ni."

Evelynn memandang Matteo.

"Kenapa saya tak tahu awak semanis gula sejak awal lagi? Mesti dah lama saya mengaku.. saya suka awak."

Matteo tersenyum lalu memegang hujung lengan baju Evelynn.

"Jom kahwin esok." "Huh? Esok? Like.. esok ke? Esok kerja." "Hmm.. esok kerja kan? Fine. We'll get married on this Saturday." "Are you serious? I'm nervous." "Tak perlu nervous, Evelynn. I am going to be there with you. By your side."

"I know.. tapi awak akan lafazkan akad, and I'll still be alone at that moment." "Ibu kan ada. Ill be there as soon as I finish my part."

Evelynn menarik nafas panjang.

"Awak betul betul serius nak nikah dengan saya hujung minggu ni? Kita belum settle satu lagi. I need to send my documents."

"Sabtu depan, okay tak? We'll settle everything this week. Documents, kursus and all." "Okay."

'Okay' dari Evelynn mengejutkan Matteo. Entah kenapa dia terasa bagai semua ini hanya mimpi. Sebuah mimpi indah.

Evelynn dan Matteo menjamu selera bersama.

"Mat?"

Matteo menoleh lalu melihat sahabat lamanya di sana. Dia mula menggelabah. Kenapa sahabat ia berada di sini?

"How are you, bro!? Lama gila tak jumpa kau. I thought you're in LA. Bila kau balik sini?" "Aku tak pergi LA. I'm always here." "Seriously? Why didn't you come to the reunion party last year?" "I was busy with work."

Fahri menggeleng.

"Kau dan kerja memang tiada pisahnya kan? I think sejak Uni dulu kau sama je. Who is this? Your girlfriend?" "My fiance."

Fahri terkelu. Kenapa tiada sesiapa tahu apa apa tentang Matteo sejak lelaki itu tinggalkan semua harta, syarikat, keluarga dan segalanya.

"Fiance?" "Yea." "Hi.. I'm Evelynn." "Evelynn?"

Fahri benar benar terkejut namun dia mengawal ekspresi wajahnya setelah mendengar namanya.

"I like your name, Evelynn."

Fahri memandang Matteo sebelum dia menarik nafas panjang.

"I wish you both all the happiness and jemputlah aku untuk wedding korang." "I will... Inshaallah."

Matteo berkata sebelum Fahri menepuk bahunya dan berlalu pergi. Fahri memandang isterinya. Ia mengangguk.

"He's getting married to Evelynn." "What!? You tak tipu? Evelynn Sierra!?" "Yess! Her."

Liana terkelu namun dia mengangguk.

"I guess he never lied to us. She existed. But we judged him badly. Someone even said that he is mentally unstable, mentally retarded. Kesian ia. He even left his home because they accused him for being mentally retarded sampai diorang tak izinkan dia warisi harta ayah dia."

"His dad was among them too. He accepted the request untuk buang nama anak dia sendiri. I'll never forgive my dad if I were Matteo."

Liana mengangguk.

"I always trusted him. But it was hard to do so when people keep judging him and people was also judgemental towards orang yang support dia. I was scared to lose friends." "Saya faham. Saya, sahabat baik dia pun dah hilang dia. I'm too bad to be his friend."

Evelynn memandang Matteo.

"Kenapa.. kawan awak terkejut bila dengar nama saya? I mean, he looked like he knew me."

"Ye ke? Saya nampak dia macam terkejut sebab dia tak sangka saya akan cintakan seseorang. Ill never love someone else except you, Evelynn."

Evelynn tersenyum.

"I love you the most, Matteo Haq. Jangan buat saya nangis lagi dengan ayat manis awak. Saya emo orangnya." "Evelynn Sierra, I love you. I'll always love you the most. I promise."

"I know.. I know."

Matteo | Continues