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“So kau dah decide nak continue study kat mana?”

“Continue study? Aku dah habis belajar la.”

Ain lipat kepala 90 darjah. “ Like, seriously?”

Rei angguk. “BA Hons in Mechanical Engineering?”

“Whoa! That’s my husband!” Awesome! Yang ni memang tak tersangka. But Ain, muka dia memang tak ada kriteria mat rempit la dey. Ha’a la. “Rei, what’s your full name?”

“Syafik Zariel Bin Ekhwan Hamid?”

“You have a family business right?”

“Erm. . yeah?”

“The E&M Sdn. Bhd?”

“. . .”

“I’m right. Right?” Ain angkat kening. Anak CEO rupanya. Patutla dia macam kenal je pak mertua dia. Hehe. Jom buat misi mengikis~

“Jangan mintak duit or hadiah dari aku. Alaun aku dah kena potong sepenuhnya and everything aku kena tanggung sendiri from now. And don’t ask about my family again. And money or company. It’s not mine okay.” Senafas Rei berucap.

 Aiseh. Macam mana la dia boleh baca otak aku yang kebal nih? “Okay. Okay. Aku pun ada kerja sendiri la.” Ain juling mata ke atas. “Mak kau tu bukan your real mum ek?” Ain kalih menghadap Rei di sebelah.

Rei bagi jelingan laser. “Ain.”

“Okay. Fine. I won’t ask you again.” Kaki yang disilakan di lunjurkan ke bawah. Sofa yang empuk tidak dapat menghilangkan rasa kematu dipunggungnya. Why? Kenapa Rei tak suka talk about his family? I smell a rat here.

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“So it’s true yeah.”

“What?”

“Ma still kenengkan kan kau dengan Far.”

“A’a. Why? Jeles?”

“No way man.” Ain tergelak. “I’m steel hearted woman la.” Muka dikalih dari skrin HBO. “But why kau rapat dengan ma more than pa?” That’s weird right? Selalunya anak tiri tak rapat dengan mak tiri or segala tiri. Selalunya. La.

“Rapat? Besa ja.”

“Still Nampak yang kau more kekok dengan papa. Or should I say become an ice when he’s near you?”

“Is it?” Mata Rei still tenung HBO. “Nampak sangat ka?”

“Yup!”

Rei mengeluh. “I don’t know. Maybe sebab aku tahu yang pa is the one to blame.” Muka Rei tukar angin. Mendung macam kena cover dengan awan kumulonimbus. Tunggu masa nak hujan ja tu.

“For what?” Rei still tak sedar yang Ain nak korek sejarah Parameswara dia.

“For letting her . . Ain!” muka dikalih laju. Baru tersedar Ain tengah langgar peraturan.

Ain sengih tiram. “Ala. Just story me la. For once?”

“For once? It’s the twice that you perangkap me like this!”

“Twice? Really?”

Rei juling mata. Muka keruh tadi dah merah. “Stop buatkan aku teringat about all that. I hate it.” Nada Rei keras. “Not about my past. It’s what I want to throw not to be framed.”

“But I’m your friend..” Tutu rain perlahan. “Right?” Ain buat muka puppy.

“When I say no it’s mean no.”

“But why? I’m your wife okay!”

“No! It’s not that I can share everything with you! You can’t complete my empty heart! Nobody can! Even her!” Ain tercegang. First time someone tinggi suara kat dia. I mean second time. First masa kena dengan big bro.

“Who’s ‘her’?”

“Nobody in your life.”

Darah Ain naik. “Fine then. Go on with your lame stupid sad past and your mountain ego!”