Give Me Love

"Hello ... yes Mom?"

"Now, Mom?"

"Well, Bella wants to go out with Bella's friends first, Mom."

"Ugh, mom... Well, Bella is home now."

Bella pressed the red button on her cellphone then turned to Kiara, "Ra, I'm back, okay?"

"Well, where are you going Bell? We want to hang out first, right?" asked Kiara confused

"It's not Ra, my mom is getting sick. I was told to go back right now, there's something I want to talk about. Seriously, he said." Bella answered explaining.

"Well... how come your mama is talking so seriously that she's telling you to come back quickly like this?" Kiara asked curiously.

"I don't know, Ra, just pray for my mom that I don't ask for things like the other day."

"Yeah, okay sip. Cheer up friend." Kiara said while raising her hands in the air and forming a heart sign.

"Thank you friend," Bella replied then did the same with Kiara.

They were always like that, always cracking jokes when they were about to part. After that, Bella quickly left the class that had finished from ten minutes ago. He had to cancel his plan to hang out with his squad. Luckily the roads weren't that congested today. Arriving home, Bella found her mother sitting in the living room watching television, and when she saw Bella, she motioned for Bella to sit beside her.

"In one month you will turn twenty-one, right?" Sellin asked his daughter.

Bella sat beside her mother excitedly because what was on her mind right now was that her mother would celebrate her birthday this year with great joy.

"Yes ma'am, mama wants to have a festive birthday party at a five-star hotel for Bella, huh? Like when Bella's seventeenth birthday was? Wow... this time Bella wants a Cinderella theme... so it's like when Bella enters building later, Bella uses a golden carriage in the shape of a pumpkin." Bella said with her eyes sparkling with enthusiasm.

"Bella dear, do you want the Cinderella theme? Okay, I'll tell your future mother-in-law later if you want to use the Cinderella theme."

Sellin's words made Bella frown, "In-laws? Is that the EO for Bella's birthday, ma'am? Can't we just use Mrs. Rina as usual?"

Hearing Bella's words made Sellin stroke his daughter's hair slowly. Bella really doesn't know what her mom and dad have been planning for the past few months.

"Bella, mama and papa talked about a few months ago. Mama and papa agreed to match you up with papa's business relations whose son has just returned from America. He has just finished his master's degree ... there the plan is that he will take over the company owned by him. His father is in Jakarta. How about you, don't you want it? Tonight, the plan is for our family to have dinner with his family."

Bella couldn't say anything. What's in his brain right now is, what can he do to thwart this unreasonable matchmaking event.

"Bella... do you want it? You try to get acquainted with the Alexander family's son first. His mother says he's handsome, he's Korean too. Just like the boys you watch until dawn."

Her mother's words made Bella angry, "Yes, ma'am ... her mother must have said she was beautiful, it's impossible for her mother to say her child is ugly. Anyway, Bella doesn't want to, period."

And what sounded next was the sound of the door slamming from Bella's room. After saying her disapproval of the arranged marriage, Bella chose to run to her room and closed the door with a loud slam that made her mother startled and stroked her chest. Mrs Davidson stepped slowly and knocked on Bella's room. He tries to persuade Bella to agree to an arranged marriage that is possible for Bella so suddenly.

But without Bella knowing that her mother and father had planned this about six months ago. They meet with Alexander's family and plan to match their son.

"Bella ... open the door, dear. I want to have a good talk with you ... I don't want you to misunderstand what mom and dad mean this time. All of this is for your good, dear." Persuade Sellin.

"But ma... Bella doesn't want to get married so soon. Bella is still young, still wants to be free, still wants to have fun with Bella's friends."

"Yes, that's why the door is opened first... let's talk first!"

Ceklek

Bella opened the door to her room and showed a furious face. Sellin entered the room and sat on the sofa in Bella's room.

"Here, let me explain first so you don't misunderstand. Mama and papa can't match you with random people. His name is Stevan Alexander, the only son of Alexander Company. If you don't know Alexander Company, you can search on google because if mom explains it now, it won't be finished until next year. Don't look for his account on instagram, because he can't possibly create a useless account that you used to scroll every day." Sellin said at length.

"The point is he's a good boy and his handsome doesn't beat the Korean boys you like to watch all night," added Sellin, ending his speech.

"Did your mother tell you?" Bella replied. "Now it's like this, ma... Bella is only twenty-one years old, and that's not even until next month. Bella is still in her 5th semester and soon she will be busy with KKN. Even when she goes to campus, sometimes Bella still likes to be late, especially when Bella is late. already have a husband. Have to get up early in the morning have to take care of him first, make breakfast with things that Bella knows will be very troublesome. Mama doesn't feel sorry for Bella, do you? Bella's youth will be wasted just because she takes care of the same household someone Bella doesn't know."

"Yes, that's why tonight, Mama and Papa will let you get to know him. I guarantee you you won't regret it. Okay, I'm going to the room first. I want to get you a dress that you will wear for tonight's event."

"BUT MAAA...."

Blam

Sellin slammed the door and ignored Bella's frustrated screams that came out of the room.

"What should I do with this? If my friends knew that I was going to be matched, I would definitely be teased by them... I would bear the title of Siti Nurbaya. Should I just follow my mom and dad's wishes? doesn't match what mama said... I'll think about how to thwart all of this," Bella thought because what Bella had in mind right now was, the man she was betrothed to is just a geeky-looking man who was out of date and also remembers that man. graduated from a famous university with students with high IQs in America, Bella thought the man must be wearing thick glasses because the literature he was reading was too thick. Then Bella shuddered at the thought of what if the man wore braces, she hated men with braces so much.

"Ok Bella, you have to focus! Cheer up!" he said as he clenched his fists to encourage himself.

Saturday 19.02

Bella was in a luxury restaurant with her parents, she was wearing a knee-length dress with Sabrina's shoulder cut which made her uncomfortable. It seems her mother really intends to make her look like an adult woman. Don't forget the damn high heels that made Bella almost fall while climbing the stairs in front of the restaurant. Bella just looked down as if not interested in the situation around her. He is more interested in the phone in his hand because Aurora is doing a live exor'dium dot on her Instagram. Oh yes, Bella just remembered. Maybe this matchmaking event made mom and dad strongly oppose his desire to watch his favorite Boy Group concert. Even her mother didn't care about Bella, who carried out a hunger strike that Bella did as a form of protest.

"Mom, how many centuries do the Alexander family plan to come, anyway? Bella is tired of waiting." said Bella groaned.

"In a moment, Bella ... the appointment is at 19.30, dear."

"WHAT?"

"Can your voice be conditioned, can't you? Shame on people, don't show your barbaric behavior here." Reprimand sellin for the behavior of her own excited daughter.

"If the appointment is at 19.30, what are we doing here from 18.30, ma'am?" Bella said in a voice that she tried to be as calm as possible. In fact, she wanted to scream while pounding the table.

"Yes, I'm afraid I'll be late," said Sellin, turning his gaze towards the door of the restaurant.

"Bella doesn't want to know, ma'am, if the Alexander family arrives 5 minutes late... Bella will go home by Grab," Bella said in a threatening tone.

"Whatever, if the next day you want to be trashy," Sellin replied, not wanting to lose.

Sellin's words just made Bella look down again to focus on the cellphone in her hand. Meanwhile, William just shook his head at the behavior of his wife and daughter, who argued almost every day over small matters like this.

"Good evening Mr. Dvidson ... sorry to keep you waiting. There was a little problem on the way," said a middle-aged woman politely.

Judging from his dressing style, it was clear that he wasn't a random person. Oh yeah, don't forget the man standing next to him with a style that is no less classy, ​​then there are about five bodyguards right behind them.

The arrival of the Alexander family makes Bella stop her activities. He kept his cell phone in his bag and then straightened his eyes to see the son of the Alexander family who was going to be arranged with him.

Speechless

That's how Bella's expression when she saw the man sitting right in front of her at this time. Angel stared at the man in front of him barely blinking.

"Why him? Oh my God ... how could he?" Bella thought.

Why didn't that man change one bit, his eyes, his gaze, his charisma. And oh yeah, his polite smile didn't change an inch. He's still the same man Bella met three years ago, but the difference is that he looks more mature and more handsome of course. Bella immediately regretted it. Why doesn't she obey her mother's orders to dress up at the salon. She only uses a light make-up copy from the tutorial of a beauty vlogger which she believes the results are not optimal because Bella is not proficient in applying it.

"This must be Bella, huh?" asked the middle-aged woman who Bella believed was Mrs. Alexander, the mother of the man in front of her.

"Your mummy must be lying ... she said you are a beautiful girl," said Mrs Alexander.

Bella was silent. He couldn't bring himself to speak and chose to just look down.

"But it turns out that you are not only beautiful, but you are very beautiful." Praise Mrs Alexander. Instantly Bella lifted her head and looked at Mrs Alexander with a small smile she made as sweet as possible.

Bella thought it would be easy for her to get close to her future mother-in-law because it seemed that Mrs. Alexander was not a rigid type of mother-in-law, who thought her daughter-in-law was a robot that she could manage at will.

Mrs Alexander's joke suddenly made the people at the table laugh. Except for one person, only one person was unaffected by Mrs Alexander's jokes. Yes, the man in front of Bella. He just stared at Bella expressionlessly. There was no happy, sad, or angry expression on his face.

"Stevan, the beautiful woman you've been staring at is your future wife. Mom's words are not wrong, right? You will be fascinated by her."

Silence. Everyone at the table had their eyes fixed on Stevan. Stevan just looked at his mother with a slight smile that he tried to be as polite as possible. Hey, what's with that smile? Stevan's smile made Bella think that there was something strange here.

"So when exactly can we make our relationship official?" asked the man wearing a black tuxedo breaking the silence, the man Bella believed was Mr. Alexander.

"How about next month? Because next month is Bella's twenty-first birthday." Bella's father answered.

"Good idea, Bella's mother and mother will prepare your wedding party. Don't be surprised if your wedding party will be crowned the most luxurious party of the year." said Mrs Alexander proudly.

Suddenly everyone at the table laughed, except for Bella and Stevan of course. They are busy with their own thoughts.

"Oh yes Bella, let's get acquainted with her future husband first. Why have you been silent all this time, before the Alexander family came, you were the most enthusiastic ... he said he couldn't wait to meet him."

Good, mama is the one who is the best at improvising. And mom's improvisation this time managed to make Bella embarrassed to death in front of Stevan. Unexpectedly, Stevan stretched out his hand in front of Bella.

"Stevan Alexander. You can call me Stevan".

Bella also accepted Stefan's hand and shook it politely. "My name is Bella Stephanie Davidson, you can call me Bella".

"Nice to meet and get to know you." Stevan said after breaking his handshake with Bella.

"Ah, me too," Bella replied with a slightly blushing smile.

'Oh my God... is it really a dream for me to be able to meet him again? If you knew from the start, Mama would set me up with her... I swear for whatever reason I won't refuse.'

Bella and Stevan's family finally continued their chat while having dinner together.

"How is it? You don't regret it, do you? Now do you still want to refuse this matchmaking, Bell?" Sellin whispered to his daughter.

Instead of answering, Bella just glanced at the man who would soon become her husband.

Sunday

Unlike the usual holidays, this time Bella woke up early. Her mind was still fixated on her and Stefan's matchmaking event last night. Everything felt like a dream to him. How could that man? How can the person who will become her future husband be the same man as the person she sometimes still thinks about.

Exactly three years ago, when Bela accompanied his father to a party of one of his business partners, William asked Bella to accompany him to the party because his mother was out of town. Bella, who didn't really like the party atmosphere at that time, which was attended by mostly parents and some young executives, chose to stand in the corner, right next to the cake and drink booth. Then his gaze turned to the figure of a handsome man who was cool to talk with one of the girls whose beauty was the most prominent at the party.

For some reason Bella couldn't take her eyes off him. The way he spoke while holding wine in his right hand was a sight that Bella didn't want to miss a bit. Maybe the man realized that there was a pair of eyes that had not been paying attention to him, the man turned his face to the right, so he looked directly at Bella.

Unexpectedly, Bella smiled politely at him. Bella smiled back and looked down, hiding her red face and suppressing her heart which was beating faster than usual. And from that moment on, Bella couldn't shake off the flashes of what happened at the party.

Every time she closed her eyes to sleep, sometimes the image of the man with the deathly polite smile appeared and made Bella feel like she was almost crazy because she didn't know who he was at all. No one knows, Bella prefers to keep it to herself. He never said this to anyone, neither his mother nor his friends. That man also made Bella never interested in other men. He rejected his older brother named Aldo on the grounds that he was too kind. The reason that made his best friend call him stupid is because it is undeniable that Aldo is one of the Most Wanted men on campus, his body is tall, his skin is white, his face is handsome and he is also famous because his father is a government official. But all that seemed uninteresting to Bella.

Bella was too busy daydreaming, until she didn't realize that all this time, her mother had been standing in front of her bedroom door, which for some time had been in the open position. Sellin watched him with a seductive smile.

"It's still early, don't be daydreaming," said Sellin as he walked over to Bella.

"Who's daydreaming? Bella was just thinking about what to eat today?"

"Tomorrow, Mom and Stevan's mother are going to the WO workshop which will handle your wedding.. What time are you in class tomorrow? Let mommy adjust the time."

"Tomorrow Bella only has one course, maybe around eleven in the afternoon it's over." "

Yes, tomorrow you will go to college with the driver. I'll pick you up at eleven o'clock at the campus. Bring a change of clothes! I don't want to see you wearing that shabby flannel shirt and those furry sneakers you like to wear!"

"Yes ma... Bella knows how. Bella can't possibly embarrass herself in front of her future mother-in-law."

"See, is it true what mom said? You definitely won't be able to resist Stvan's charms."

"Ugh, what are you doing, Mom? I'd better cook in the kitchen. Bella is really hungry, last night she only ate a little."

"Yes, yes, mama go downstairs first. You take a shower, then follow mama to the kitchen, okay?"

"Okay Mom," Bella said with a laugh.

***

"I'm getting married next month," Bella said, holding back a smile. Silence. Her friends, who had been busy eating pizza and donuts that Bella brought, stopped their activities.

Even Jordi and Dika, who had been fighting over the remaining Oreo topping donuts, were silent. They all suddenly looked at Bella's stomach. As if knowing what her friends were thinking, Bella immediately spoke up.

"I'm not pregnant, maybe I can get pregnant without being poked first." Bella said a little absurd.

"Don't be silly! I never even knew you had a boyfriend, and now you're saying you want to get married? Who do you want to marry? Lee min ho? Song jong ki? Or Kim Taehyung? Just name them all, so we can laugh out loud together." This is what the cursed mouth said, Jordi.

"If I wanted to lie, I couldn't have spent almost half a million to buy you food. I'm serious, I was set up with my parents." said Bella trying to convince.

"Is it still the time to play matchmaking? Is it because you've never been in a relationship that your parents are so worried that you're an old virgin?" Dika's mouth really asked to be gagged with sandals.

"I don't really know. Just so you know... at first I didn't really agree. I didn't even have a plan to run away from home if my parents insisted. But I don't think there's anything wrong with that, I met that guy first. I don't like tar, I will rebel. But it turns out guys," Bella said while sipping the drink in her hand.

"I'm sorry Bell, I'm just surprised. Here we are given J.CO drinks but why are you the only one drinking starbucks, you are a bit disloyal, my friend in my eyes." Dika had been paying attention to the glass in Bella's hand.

"I like it, fortunately, I didn't buy you the marimas flavored with rock sugar," Bella said angrily.

"So how's Bell? Have you met your soul mate?" asked Nagitha curiously.

"Already." Bella said with a cheerful tone, even her cheeks were red.

Her friends who saw Bella's expression also exchanged glances with each other, because this was really out of Bella's habit.

"Continue?" Kiaira was a little fed up with Bella's attitude, who looked like a boy who had just fallen in love.

And after that Bella told everything that she experienced last night, about the matchmaking event and did not forget about the man who would become her future husband, about her meeting three years ago and about herself being charmed by the man's smile at the beginning of the meeting, she told it without any part which was missed a bit.

"So really, next month you're getting married?" Kiara asked still in disbelief.

"Yes, really, what's the point of me lying to you?"

"That's your story, if you make a novel, it can become a best seller, it's really dramatic," said Jordi, biting the last donut in his hand.

"Yeah, I don't know either, I never thought that he would be the one to be matched with me. Oh my God... I feel like I got the jackpot, you know? Is this really a reply from God because all this time I've always put change in change from Indomaret in the charity box next to the entrance? Is this also because I always say "yes" when the cashier asks "can I donate 300 rupiah change?" Bella said at length, ignoring the serious expressions of her friends who were listening to her story.

"I don't want to know, I have to get a bridesmaid dress." Nagitha said enthusiastically.

"Me too Bell ... I've always wanted to wear a tuxedo plus a bow tie," Dika asked no less enthusiastically.

"Are you sure you want to wear a bow tie? Tar is mistaken for a plate lifter," Kiara quipped.

"You're noisy. Yes, calm down, everyone will get, I will prepare the most special clothes for you," Bella said to break the debate.

"So what do you want, Jor?"

"It's up to me, the important thing is that I can eat as much as I want there," said Jordi, not caring. "Oh yes, Bell, as a form of my gratitude, I will send the videos of my collection to you. Just for your first night reference. You can't look amateurish in your husband's eyes, so that your husband loves you, hahahaha." Jordi added teasing Bella.

"JORDIIIIIIIIII!"