Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
"Ian, the wedding has been cancelled!" Tengku Darel, sepupu Tengku Ian berlari tak cukup nafas untuk memberitahu berita tersebut kepada sepupunya yang sudah lengkap berpakaian Melayu serba putih.
"What? Say it again?" tanya Tengku Ian untuk mendapatkan kepastian. Sepupu dia yang satu ini bukan boleh percaya sangat. Kalau Darel cuba buat lawak tak bertempat memang dia luku kepalanya.
"I said, your wedding has been cancelled! The bride has run away! She. Ran. Away!" Darel mengulangi kenyataan itu dengan lebih jelas.
Tengku Ian yang mendengar hanya tenang, walaupun secara jujurnya, dia berasa lega kerana dia tidak perlu merancang apa-apa untuk menghentikan majlis itu. Sebaliknya, bakal pengantinnya sendiri yang menggagalkan majlis mereka. Dia harus berterima kasih kepadanya. Tapi masalahnya, dia sendiri tidak tahu siapa bakal pengantinnya. Eh salah, bekas bakal pengantinnya.
"Hey, kalau ya pun tak jadi kahwin jangan lah termenung macam orang kematian bini", Darel bersuara. Hairan melihat sepupunya seperti sedang berfikir panjang. Haih takkan lah sedih kut, seingat dia, Tengku Ian pun bukannya nak sangat kahwin pun.
"I am just wondering, why did she run away? I mean, we are the Reid family, everyone would like to be family with us. Every girl out there wants to have Reid as their last name." Tengku Ian meluahkan pendapatnya.
"Well, apparently, your ex-future wife doesn't think like that. She is not like any other girl out there. I heard she is a beauty with brain. She is running away because marriage is not her forte. And you, Tengku Ian Reid Arrayan is definitely not her cup of tea!" luah Tengku Darel bersahaja tapi cukup untuk menyalakan api kemarahan Tengku Ian.
Each women he met will want his attention, they are willing to do anything to attract his attention but there is this girl who has ran away on their wedding day. Tengku Ian rasa tercabar, seorang alpha male sepertinya tidak boleh menerima rejection.
"If you think you are safe now, you should think twice baby," bisik Tengku Ian pada diri sendiri sebelum berpaling ke Tengku Darel.
"Darel, go and investigate who is this girl"
"But why? Why do you want to know about her?" Darel terpinga-pinga dengan arahan Tengku Ian.
"I want to know her, who is she to reject me!" Ian bersuara dingin sebelum meninggalkan bilik persalinannya.
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