
One month ago ....
The figure of the man who is currently walking out of the arrival terminal at the Singapore airport, immediately looking for a taxi and told him to head to one of the famous hospitals there.
The figure of a man who is none other than Austin Matteo, now pulled out a cellphone that was in his trouser belt as soon as he climbed into a taxi that began to drive away from the airport.
He's looking for a female contact he'll meet today. After finding contact with Maria Belinda's name, he waited until the phone connection was connected. As soon as he heard a woman's voice from across the phone, he immediately opened his voice.
"Hello."
"Mary Belinda?" ask Austin who currently wants to introduce himself who he is and what is the reason for contacting a woman who has long been betrothed to him. "I'm Austin Matteo."
"Yes. I know because I've kept your number for a long time, but I didn't dare to call because I didn't want to make you think that I was a woman who liked chasing men. Even though I know that we've been betrothed by the parents, still I don't intend to contact you first."
Austin could not have expected it to turn out that his number had long been kept by the woman across the phone who had just revealed everything unbeknownst to him.
Even he feels like a stupid man because he does not know anything about arranged marriages made by parents. Though he was the main character of the matchmaking, as if considered like a child who has no right to know.
He was laughing at the end of the day at busy moments looking for the whereabouts of Diandra who wants to marry. Now, he felt he had to immediately talk to the woman he was betrothed to.
"So, I don't think it's hard to introduce myself to you. I'm currently on my way to the hospital and want to meet you to talk about the matchmaking problems that our parents did."
Austin waits until the figure of the woman across the phone agrees to his invitation, what happens is that he gets a question that makes him feel bad if he has to discuss without meeting.
"There are only two possibilities that you want to meet me, so far from Jakarta go here, namely accepting and rejecting arranged marriages. Now tell me what you think. Are you rejecting this match?"
Maria Belinda who is a mature woman with wise thinking and is no longer childish like a teenager when she is now 30 years old. So, thinking that he does not want to hurt to meet the man he is betrothed to if they reject the wishes of their parents.
He thought that there was no point in meeting an Austin Matteo if he refused an arranged marriage. However, if he finds out that the man received an arranged marriage made by his parents, then he will accept the invitation to meet.
The reason is simple, that is, do not want to be hurt when meeting a man who does not want it at all. Moreover, he is currently not in a relationship with anyone because it is too busy with his career that began to skyrocket.
Meanwhile, Austin who is currently not immediately replied because it feels bad to talk on the phone when refusing an arranged marriage on the grounds of loving another woman.
'Why is it so hard to meet this woman? How can I reveal everything on the phone without meeting him after all the way from Jakarta to Singapore? This woman is really very annoying.'
Austin is currently busy cursing in the heart of the figure of the woman he was betrothed to. He was still trying to persuade the woman to meet him.
"I have to tell you directly. So, we met at the hospital because I was on my way there." When Austin had just closed his mouth, he heard a voice with a tone full of decisiveness and made him even more upset.
"I would never have met you if you had rejected the matchmaking of our parents, and vice versa. If your goal in coming to the hospital is to talk about our arranged marriage because of accepting it, I'll be happy to see you, Austin Matteo."
So revealed what currently makes him upset because it was not immediately answered, so Maria Melinda immediately turned off the phone connection unilaterally.
Meanwhile, Austin is feeling very upset at what the woman figure just did across the phone. "Wah .. the woman was really very arrogant. Even I'm not done talking, he's turned off the phone one-sided."
Austin is currently staring at the driver and feeling confused about whether to go to the hospital or not. In fact, he knew that Maria Belinda did not want to meet him and would definitely go to the hospital.
Now, he told the driver to stop by the roadside because he would call once again a woman who he considered impolite for disconnecting the phone when not finished talking.
As soon as the taxi stopped by the road, Austin again contacted the very famous surgeon in Singapore. A few seconds passed, but the call was not immediately raised.
Maria Belinda, there's actually a lot I want to tell you about the matchmaking that our parents did. I may not know myself because I intend to beg you your parents not to betroth us because I already love another woman.
When yesterday just found out our matchmaking from my parents who forced it because it brought up the problem of your parents' help when saving the company. Do you want to marry a man who doesn't love you at all just to return the favor?
Actually there are still many things that want to be written in his message on the figure of the woman who will be betrothed to him, but he is self-conscious if perhaps Maria Belinda will not want to read the message.
So, think about sending the message first and wait for the answer from the woman, only then did he decide to send another message and hope to see Maria Belinda in person to talk about a completely unwanted matchmaking.
After pressing the send button, Austin still stared at his phone to see if Maria Belinda read the message from him. Until so see the message has been read, expect the woman to reply.
As soon as he saw the typing sign that Maria was about to reply to her message, Austin was still patiently waiting and hoping to get some good news.
Until the notification sounds, he reads a message from the woman who does not want to meet him.
Alright. Come back to Jakarta because I don't want to see a man who refuses to be betrothed to me. I'll talk to my parents to cancel the match. I don't want to beg for love from a man who doesn't love me at all. A lifetime is too long for me to waste marrying a man like you.
Austin swallowed the saliva violently while reading a message from Maria Belinda. He had thought he could meet the woman to talk directly, but the opposite happened because he could not meet her for a reasonable reason.
"What Maria Belinda said. That what's the point of meeting people who don't want us at all? It was free for me to come here. I should have called him before I decided to come to Singapore."
Austin looked back at the driver. "We'll just go back to the airport." Staring at the circular sound of a time machine on the left wrist. "Flights to Jakarta are still 2 hours away. It's okay to wait at the airport."
Meanwhile, the driver who did not want to ask passengers, just did the order and drove the vehicle to go to the airport again.
'It looks like this man is very confused because he returned to the airport, ' muttered the driver who is currently driving a vehicle to the airport according to orders from passengers.
Austin was currently leaning against the car seat and closed both eyes. 'May the woman help me by cancelling the match. If he himself were to refuse an arranged marriage, papa wouldn't blame me and the company to stay safe.'
Now, he did not want to waste time thinking about having to say that to Maria Belinda and did not care about the shame. He re-typed the message so that the woman would help him.
My family's company is threatened with bankruptcy if it refuses this matchmaking. So, my purpose in coming here is to ask for your help so that you are the one who refused the match. I'm selfish and please forgive me for worrying more about the condition of the company than you feel, but there's much better if you marry the man who loves you.
After sending a long message, Austin now re-insert his cellphone in his pants pocket. Until he also stared at the streets many buildings towering on the left right.
Until suddenly he immediately rounded his eyes and felt a tremendous pain when the taxi was hit from behind and the car's glass when breaking the scattering and when he could still see the car he dropped spinning until he could not see the car several times it flipped over and filled the road body.
Instantly he could see the flashbacks of your life like a cassette tape playing. Starting from his teenage childhood to adulthood and lastly was the Diandra king who clearly imagined in his mind at this time.
'What this is is the end of my life and will never see Diandra again. Diandra, I came all the way to Singapore just to be with you, honey. If I die, can you feel lost?'
Austin, who felt his body crumble dimly when the car overturned and his head felt like it was about to break, lost consciousness with his eyelids slowly closing tightly.
Now, it looks Austin who has lost consciousness and blood circles adorn his head.
A major road accident involved a large truck carrying goods that suddenly had a brake blong when it was about to precede the car in front of it. Until it ended up hitting a taxi that drove in front of him to the upside and causing traffic jams there.
To be continued...