LOGIN"Marry me. Twelve months. No feelings. Just business." Lucas Anderson, billionaire CEO and certified cold-hearted jerk, just offered me a deal I can't afford to refuse. But here's the problem. Lucas is the man who ruined my life. He doesn’t recognize me, not as Mia, the girl he once loved and left behind. Now I’m Emma Smith, his assistant. And future fake wife. I should hate him. I promised myself I would. But every time he looks at me like I still matter, it gets harder to keep my secret… and even harder to keep my heart.
View More"Zel, Kakakmu hamil."
"Hamil?"
"Iya, sama Yoga."
Nggak mungkin!
Aku mematung sejenak. Otakku mendadak tak berfungsi. Bukankah, Yoga memintaku pulang untuk lamaran kami? Lalu, sekarang?
Mungkinkan aku sedang bermimpi? Siapa pun tolong bangunkan aku!
"Mamah, bercanda, kan?" tanyaku getir. Tak ada yang bisa mendeskripsikan perasaanku saat ini, aku masih berharap kalau aku tengah bermimpi.
Kemarin, Yoga masih meneleponku. Dia bilang mencintaiku, dia bilang ingin memiliki anak denganku.
"Mamah gak bercanda Sayang, maafin Mbak Resa, ya?" Suara Mamah terdengar menjauh seperti udara yang mulai berkurang.
Aku sesak.
"Kok, bisa, Mah? Kenapa? Zela kan hanya enam bulan penelitian, Mah! Kenapa?" rintihku.
Aku mengatupkan kelopak mata yang terasa perih. Menangis.
Mamah langsung memelukku, dia pun sama terlukanya, itu bisa kulihat dari matanya yang sudah sembab.
"Mereka sama-sama mabuk Zela, Mamah juga gak tahu kenapa mereka bisa berbuat demikian. Mamah, kecewa juga Zela!" erangan Mamah, mengoyakkan hatiku.
Benakku masih tak percaya ini terjadi, padahal sebulan lagi pernikahan Mbak Resa dan aku pun punya rencana dengan Yoga.
Bukankah ini gila?
Bagaimana bisa Yoga mengkhianatiku sedalam ini? Dia yang selama ini mendengar keluh kesahku, kadang kami pun berpelukan untuk mengusir kerinduan.
Bagaimana bisa dia menghamili Kakakku? Bagaimana bisa? Kurang apa, aku?
"Zela! Maafin Resa, ya? Alfa juga sudah Mamah kasih tahu, walau berat dia pun menerima musibah ini," ujar Mamah di sela tangisnya.
Aku tak menjawab. Pikiranku benar-benar blank. Sekali pun Mamah terus berbicara menguatkan, aku hanya bergeming kaku dengan air mata yang terus-terusan mengalir. Kubiarkan Mamah terisak di bahuku walau dadaku sudah sangat sesak, sampai kurasakan semua menggelap.
"Zeelaa!"
(***)
Tukar pasangan, mungkin itulah yang terjadi pada kami. Setelah, beribu kali dikuatkan akhirnya kami berakhir pada satu kondisi memuakkan.
Dua pernikahan, dua pasangan dan entah berapa hati yang terluka.
Begitulah akhirnya, hari ini setelah sebulan kepulanganku, akad dan resepsi dadakan pun terjadi sebelum perut Mbak Resa membuncit.
Atas saran para keluarga, kami bertukar pasangan, demi menyelamatkan harga diri karena undangan Mbak Resa dan Mas Alfa pun sudah disebar jadi tak ada pilihan selain aku harus menggantikan Mbak Resa, sementara Mbak Resa menggantikanku.
Hancur.
Bagiku, kursi pelaminan seakan menjadi kursi terburuk yang pernah ada setelah mantan kekasihku dan Mbak Resa melempar bom ke mukaku.
Meski kursi pelaminan kami berjarak, masih bisa kulihat Yoga tampak salah tingkah. Si bajingan itu beberapa kali mencuri pandang ke arahku, tanpa perduli Mbak Resa yang sejak tadi menundukkan kepala.
Aku tahu Kakakku itu merasa malu dan aku pun sudah muak mendengar alasannya. Karena semalam pun, Yoga masih berusaha menggagalkan pernikahan ini tapi aku dan Mas Alfa sepakat berkorban diri untuk mereka sekali pun kami-lah di sini yang paling tersakiti.
"Apa kamu baik-baik saja?" tegur Mas Alfa. Si lelaki pendiam itu akhirnya bersuara.
Sudah empat jam kami menjadi pajangan, tersenyum di balik luka yang menganga.
"Menurutmu, Mas? Apakah aku bisa baik-baik saja setelah semua ini?" sinisku pada lelaki berprofesi Dokter itu.
Aku tak mengerti jalan pikiran Mas Alfa, dia terlalu tenang bagi seorang lelaki yang tengah patah hati. Bahkan, pandangannya terlalu dingin saat melihat Mbak Resa meraung dan mengemis cintanya. Paling tidak itu yang aku lihat.
"Senyumlah! Paling tidak berpura-puralah, bahagia. Resepsi ini sebentar lagi," ujar Mas Alfa tanpa memandangku.
Aku mendengkus kesal. Ada amarah yang menyeruak dan rasanya jika bisa aku ingin mencabik kedua manusia yang kini kerjaannya hanya melihat kami dengan tatapan minta dikasihani.
Cuih! Aku benci mereka.
Kurasakan mataku mulai memanas lagi. Tatapanku pun kembali beralih ke arah tamu, tanpa perduli Mbak Resa dan Yoga yang terus melihat kami.
Dasar penyebar aib! Brengsek!
"Zela!" panggil Mas Alfa pelan. Mungkin dia tahu saat ini aku hampir saja menangis.
"Iya, Mas?" tanyaku hampa.
"Kamu mau pergi?"
Mas Alfa menatapku dengan mata teduhnya, baru kusadari betapa lelaki itu memiliki aura jantan yang bisa kuandalkan.
"Ke mana?"
Aku balas menatapnya.
"Ke mana saja. Di mana kamu bisa menangis sepuasnya."
"Lalu, resepsi ini?"
"Saya rasa ini tak masalah."
"Tapi, Mas, kalau Ibu nyari. Gimana?"
"Saya yang tanggung jawab. Karena ...."
Mas Alfa menarik napas panjang. "Saya imammu sekarang!" ujarnya lirih tapi cukup membenturkanku pada kenyataan.
Jika suamiku bukanlah Yoga, tapi Alfa.
Perih.
Mungkinkah aku bisa menerima Mas Alfa? Di saat hatiku masih pada Yoga. Lalu, apakah Mas Alfa bisa menerimaku sementara aku tahu dia mencintai Mbak Resa?
Agh, gila!
Several days passed and everything gradually returned to normal, Emma's hand was almost healed and all that was left was a rubber plaster over the cut.Lucas stared out the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, eyes trained on nothing in particular, he’d spent most of his time in his office looking out through those windows, he just seemed to think better when he was staring out at nothingness, He hadn’t heard from Austin since that night. He hadn’t called, texted or given any explanations, he’d disappeared again that night soon after Emma had returned to her room.And Lucas didn't push. He knew what silence meant when it came from someone like Austin. It wasn’t an absence. He was avoiding him and for once Lucas didn’t bother to go looking for him. He was going to come on his own when he was ready.. And he had bigger problems now.The mistake in the contract at the Peelé Hotel wasn’t any small mistake, It had been deliberate, a whole page had gone missing, and the only person that
Austin leaned against the kitchen counter, a glass of something amber in his hand, the bottle uncorked beside him. He didn’t look up right away, he didn’t want Lucas to see the expression on his face.Lucas just stared at him blindly.“You’ve been gone,” he said flatly.Austin swirled the drink in his glass. “So have you.” he remarked with a questioning tone.Lucas didn’t answer. He just walked past him and headed for the sink to turn on the tap, letting the cold water run over his knuckles. Soothing the pain a little.Austin’s smirk faded as his gaze dropped to Lucas’s hand.“That’s not your blood, is it?”Lucas didn’t reply. The silence was enough, he was still angry at him for leaving the ball when he had thought that Emma was in safe hands“Josh?” Austin guessed he had seen the press release and that was one of the main reasons that he had returned, to find out what happened even though he could likely tell what had happened.“Josh’s blood, not mine.”Austin smirked, “You punche
Emma shifted awake and groaned softly as the scent of lavender and clean linen wrapped around her, filling her with warmth.Her eyelids fluttered open slowly and she blinked once, then twice trying to take in her surroundings.“Where was she? The last thing she could recall was her being in Lucas’s arms. Had he brought her here?”The ceiling above her wasn’t the sterile white of the hospital. It was dark maroon, elegant, and awfully quiet.Her eyes ran across the room for any sign of Lucas but he was nowhere to be found.A sudden jolt of pain had her holding her injured arm, she felt a throbbing in her shoulder, and a stinging trail down her back.Her arm was covered with bandages, and blood was already seeping through the gauze. She winced, using her elbows as support to try to sit up when a shadow fell over her.Lucas.He was standing at the far end of the room, back turned to her, fists clenched by his sides.“You’re awake,” he said, his voice hoarse and restrained.Emma swallowed h
Emma was starting to fidget, her hands already visibly shaking, she should have known that this was going to happen. Panic was starting to set in, they all had their eyes on her, the women giving her a look of contempt and disgust while the men stared down at her with lustful eyes. She turned her attention to the glass of wine in her hands, she tried so much to focus on it to distract herself from the stares she was getting, but she was failing miserably, the glass kept slipping and threatening to fall.Emma held the glass with both her hands to stop herself from fidgeting when the sound glass clinking turned her and everyone's attention towards the stage.Emma couldn't be grateful enough that the attention was lifted from her but the feeling of relief disappeared almost as soon as it came.Her heartbeat suddenly increased and sweat beads were starting to form under her mask. He had her eyes on her, his brown hazel soulless eyes staring deep into her blue ones. It was like looking in
Lucas frowned at his realization, he had just made a huge mistake, he had called her Mia, it had not crossed his mind that he was supposed to give Emma an alias but when Adrian Peele had asked him to introduce her he just couldn’t think of any other name except Mia’s. He was relieved that he immediately thought of another name straight away or they would have caught his farse.Emma for sure did resemble Mia but he had already run a background check and there was no connection. He made a mental note never to ever call her Mia again, but somewhere at the back of his mind, the feeling that this was not going to be the last time gnawed at him. Lucas turned to Emma who has had her eyes on him the entire time since he had introduced her, to other people watching it looked like she was very much in love with him and had eyes only for him so either way it as helping him create the buzz he needed to get Darcy, his grandmother off his back… “Relax, I just wanted to keep your identity a secret,
Emma had pools of sweat stream down her back as she tried to calm her nerves but was failing horribly, she was close to fainting from all the nervousness she was feeling. She looked over to Lucas who was ever so calm like he wasn’t about to brew a storm.He had waited for the elevators to finally close before he decided to tell Emma the severity of the situation. They would have to release a photo of them into the public to confirm their relationship. Even though he had assured her that there would be no leaked photo of her, because she would be wearing a mask since they were going for a masquerade ball afterwards, it would be perfect.That didn’t help her at all in that situation, they were currently in a basement of some building and Lucas had her leaning on his car with him towering over her. She was shaking from all the emotions she was feeling and Lucas had to gently place his hands on her waist to keep her steady from falling.“Stop fidgeting Ms. Smith, we have to keep it natura












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