Introduction
Suaranya penuh dengan berat dan desakan
dan aku segera menurut sebelum dia mengarahkan pinggulku.
Tubuh kami beradu dengan irama yang keras dan marah.
Aku semakin basah dan panas mendengar bunyi kami bersetubuh.
"Sial, faraj kau memang gila."
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Selepas satu malam yang panas dengan seorang lelaki asing yang ditemuinya di kelab, Dalia Campbell tidak menjangka akan bertemu Noah Anderson lagi. Kemudian pagi Isnin tiba, dan orang yang masuk ke dewan kuliah sebagai profesor adalah lelaki asing yang sama dari kelab itu. Ketegangan semakin memuncak dan Dalia cuba sedaya upaya untuk menjauhi dirinya daripada Noah kerana dia tidak mahu terganggu oleh sesiapa atau apa-apa - juga kerana dia memang dilarang keras - tetapi apabila dia menjadi pembantu pengajar (TA) Noah, batasan hubungan profesor/pelajar mereka menjadi kabur.
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Mary Olajire
Chapter 1
DALIA
Kenapa aku setuju datang sini?
Aku mengeluh panjang sambil memandang orang ramai yang menari dengan penuh semangat di lantai tarian di bawah cahaya kelab yang berkelip-kelip. Aku hampir tidak dapat mendengar fikiranku sendiri kerana lagu The Weeknd yang diputar dengan kuat dari pembesar suara dan sorakan orang ramai yang memenuhi ruang sempit itu.
Nampaknya semua orang sedang berseronok... semua orang kecuali aku.
Salah seorang kawan baikku, Tamika, baru sahaja putus dengan teman lelakinya beberapa jam yang lalu selepas menangkapnya curang untuk entah kali ke berapa dan kawan baik kami, Harvey dan Norma, memaksa aku ikut mereka ke kelab ini kerana Tamika mahu melupakan kekecewaannya.
Kelab bukan tempatku dan aku hanya setuju datang sini kerana Harvey dan Norma berjaya meyakinkan aku bahawa Tamika akan rasa lebih baik jika aku ada di sini, tapi aku belum pun sempat bercakap dengan Tamika sejak kami tiba. Aku nampak dia beberapa kali, menari dengan orang asing yang berlainan, dan aku gembira untuknya kerana dia nampak seperti sedang berseronok tetapi aku lebih daripada bersedia untuk pulang.
“Norma!” Aku memanggil sebaik sahaja aku nampak dia bercakap dengan seseorang di tepi lantai tarian dan aku mula bergerak cepat ke arahnya.
“Norma!” Aku memanggil lagi tepat ketika orang yang dia bercakap itu berlalu pergi dan dia menoleh ke arahku sebelum tersenyum.
“Hai, cantik. Sekali lagi, baju itu memang nampak hebat pada kamu,” katanya dan aku memandang ke bawah pada baju pendek, ketat, biru gelap yang aku pakai. “Kamu seronok tak?”
“Tak,” aku menjawab tegas. “Tak, aku tak seronok. Kita dah lama kat sini. Bila kita nak balik kampus? Aku dah penat.”
Norma mengetap bibir dan memberikan aku pandangan maaf. “Bila Tammy bersedia untuk balik.”
Alamak, kau memang pandai, aku fikir kerana aku sudah agak itu akan jadi jawapannya.
“Lagipun, apa yang kamu maksudkan kita dah lama kat sini. Kita baru je kat sini lebih kurang lima belas minit,” tambahnya dan aku mengeluh kerana rasanya seperti kita dah berjam-jam di sini. “Apa kata aku cari tempat duduk yang lebih selesa dan kamu jadi sayang dan ambilkan aku minuman dari bar? Jangan risau, bartender tak cek kad pengenalan. Aku nak cosmopolitan dan kita akan dapatkan kamu kotak jus dari kedai jus beberapa blok dari sini selepas kita keluar.”
Aku mencebikkan muka, memberikan dia pandangan lucu. “Hardee-har.”
Dia selalu guna ayat kotak jus itu setiap kali dia, Tamika dan Harvey minum alkohol kerana aku baru berumur dua puluh tahun. Baru sahaja genap dua puluh, tiga hari yang lalu tepatnya.
Dia tersenyum lebar kepada saya dan saya hanya menggelengkan kepala sebelum berjalan menuju bar. Hanya ada beberapa orang di sana dan saya bersyukur kerana itu bermakna saya tidak perlu berusaha keras untuk mendapatkan perhatian bartender.
"Dua cosmopolitan," saya berkata kepada bartender yang memakai gaun emas cantik dan dia mengangguk sebelum mula menyediakan minuman. Saya melirik kepada orang ramai di lantai tarian dan perkara pertama yang saya lihat adalah seseorang menelan apa yang saya yakin adalah dos ekstasi di sebelah beberapa orang yang berkongsi rokok ganja.
Saya menarik nafas panjang dan kembali memberi perhatian kepada bartender. Tak sabar nak balik bilik.
"Sazerac," satu suara di sebelah saya berkata dan saya berpaling untuk melihat orang itu sebelum bibir saya sedikit ternganga.
Dia adalah lelaki paling kacak yang pernah saya lihat. Rambutnya yang coklat gelap tebal dan keriting membuatkan saya tiba-tiba ingin menyentuhnya untuk melihat jika ia selembut yang kelihatan. Keningnya tebal dan bibirnya sangat menggoda manakala ciri-ciri wajahnya terpahat dan jelas.
Saya menelan air liur sebelum melihat tubuhnya yang fit, tetapi bukan dalam cara yang besar dan berotot, dan ketika mata saya bergerak kembali ke wajahnya, saya melihat dia sedang merenung saya. Biasanya, mata saya akan terbeliak dan saya akan segera mengalihkan pandangan, tetapi ada sesuatu yang magnetik dalam kontak mata itu dan saya sukar untuk melihat ke arah lain.
"Nah, minuman kamu." Bartender meletakkan minuman yang saya minta di kaunter di hadapan saya sebelum saya sempat berkata apa-apa kepada lelaki itu dan saya melirik kepadanya.
"Terima kasih."
Saya mengambil minuman dan memberikan lelaki yang masih merenung saya satu pandangan terakhir sebelum beredar dari kaunter. Saya baru sahaja melangkah beberapa langkah ke hadapan apabila saya melihat Norma di sebelah lain bar dan saya terus menuju ke arahnya.
Saya ingat dia nak cari tempat duduk!
"Saya tahu, saya tahu," katanya apabila dia melihat saya menuju ke arahnya. "Saya sepatutnya mencari tempat duduk tetapi Harvey perlu menjawab panggilan jadi dia suruh saya jaga Tammy."
Saya menghela nafas panjang dan melirik ke arah lantai tarian, cuba mencari Tamika dalam keramaian tetapi gagal, sementara Norma mengambil segelas minuman dari saya. "Di mana dia?" saya bertanya sebelum seseorang memeluk pinggang saya dan saya terkejut, menyebabkan minuman saya tumpah dari gelasnya.
Saya cepat-cepat menoleh ke belakang dan rasa lega menyelubungi saya apabila melihat bahawa itu adalah Tamika yang kelihatan teruja dan bukan seorang lelaki. "Saya di sini," katanya sementara Norma mengutip gelas saya dan saya menahan diri dari bertanya kepada Tamika bila dia akan bersedia untuk meninggalkan kelab kerana dia sangat sedih ketika berpisah dengan bekas teman lelakinya yang curang itu tetapi sekarang, dia kelihatan teruja.
"Seronok ke?"
Dia mengangguk dan aku terhidu sedikit bau alkohol dari nafasnya sebelum dia berjalan mengelilingiku. "Aku nak menari dengan korang," katanya dan aku ketawa kecil kerana tak mungkin aku akan turun ke lantai tari itu, sementara Norma setuju untuk menari dengannya.
Aku cepat-cepat mengambil kembali gelasku dari tangan Norma sebelum mereka berdua mula bergerak ke lantai tari dan apabila mereka sedar aku tak ikut mereka, mereka berhenti.
"Dalia, jomlah," panggil Tamika dan mata aku beralih dari mereka ke badan-badan yang sedang menari di lantai tari sebelum aku memaksa senyuman palsu di wajahku.
"Aku rasa tak kot," jawabku dan perlahan-lahan minum dari gelasku dengan mata tetap pada mereka, menyebabkan Tamika mencebik. Aku segera mencebik balik dan dia menggelengkan kepala dengan senyuman di bibirnya, sebelum dia menarik Norma ke lantai tari.
Aku memerhatikan mereka berdua seketika dan bila aku hilang jejak mereka dalam keramaian, aku memalingkan pandangan dari lantai tari. Aku menghela nafas dan membawa gelas ke bibirku lagi. Tak sabar nak keluar dari sini.
"Kau nampak sangat termenung," seseorang berkata dari belakangku, mengejutkanku dan hampir membuatku tersedak minuman. Aku terbatuk-batuk dan menoleh ke belakang untuk melihat lelaki dari tadi berdiri di belakangku dengan mata sedikit terbuka luas dan minuman di tangannya. "Maaf, aku tak berniat nak mengejutkan kau," tambahnya bila aku berjaya mengawal batuk dan meletakkan gelasnya di kaunter. "Kau okay?"
Aku mengelipkan mata untuk menghapuskan air mata sambil membersihkan kerongkongku sementara matanya menjelajah tubuhku dengan cara yang membuat kulitku meremang dan darahku terasa panas. Dia tak sentuh aku pun tapi aku dah rasa berapi.
Aku mengukir senyuman dan membersihkan kerongkong lagi. "Aku okay, aku okay. Eh, apa kau cakap tadi?" tanyaku dan dia sedikit mengangkat kening sebelum wajahnya menunjukkan tanda faham selepas beberapa saat.
"Oh, aku cakap kau nampak sangat termenung," dia mengulang dan aku menggumam 'oh' sementara pandangannya jatuh ke gelasku sekejap bila aku letakkan di kaunter. "Kau dah nak habis minuman. Boleh aku belanja kau minuman?" Suaranya penuh dengan nada lembut dan dalam yang bercampur dalam harmoni yang sedap didengar dan aku tak dapat menahan diri dari tersenyum padanya sebelum mengangguk setuju.
Dia kemudian membalas senyuman sambil memberi isyarat kepada bartender untuk datang dan menghulurkan tangannya kepadaku. "Hai. Aku Noah."
Aku menyambut tangannya sebelum telapak tangannya yang hangat menggenggam tangan aku, menyebabkan aku rasa seram sejuk. "Dalia."
"Salam perkenalan Dalia," jawabnya sebelum dia akhirnya melepaskan tanganku dan aku mengambil gelasku untuk meneguk minuman sambil dia memerhatikanku. "Kamu nampaknya bukan jenis orang yang suka kelab."
"Apa yang buat kamu fikir begitu?"
"Kamu nampak macam tak nak ada di sini masa kamu datang ke bar tadi dan kamu masih nampak macam tak nak ada di sini," katanya sambil sedikit memiringkan kepalanya ke tepi, dan menjeling ke arah pelayan bar apabila dia akhirnya datang ke bahagian bar kami. Dia memesan satu lagi cosmopolitan untukku dan kembali memberi perhatian kepadaku selepas pelayan itu pergi untuk menyediakan minuman.
"Jadi, kenapa wanita cantik ini ada di sini walaupun dia tak nak?"
Senyuman terus terukir di wajahku apabila dia memanggilku cantik dan aku menarik nafas panjang sambil memikirkan dari mana nak mula menjelaskan, sebelum aku memutuskan untuk hanya memberi ringkasan. "Kawan putus dengan teman lelaki yang curang. Kawan sedang rebound. Aku di sini untuk beri sokongan moral kepada kawan." Aku meletakkan gelas yang hampir kosong di kaunter dan menghadap Noah. "Bagaimana pula dengan kamu? Kenapa lelaki kacak ini tak berteman di kelab?"
Dia tersenyum lebar sehingga menular. "Aku datang sini untuk sokong perniagaan baru kawan," jawabnya sambil menunjuk ke arah sekeliling dan aku mengerutkan kening sedikit sebelum menyedari bahawa kelab ini milik kawannya.
"Oh."
Bibirnya mengukir senyuman sinis sambil dia perlahan-lahan memerhatikan tubuhku, dan dia memancarkan keyakinan dan keangkuhan, seimbang di antara keduanya. Kalau aku belum berminat, pasti sekarang aku sudah tertarik.
"Tapi aku tak lagi tak berteman sekarang, kan?" dia bertanya dan sudut mulutku sedikit terangkat sementara pelayan bar kembali dengan minumanku.
Wah, dia memang pandai, fikirku sementara dia mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pelayan bar dan bersandar di kaunter sebelum kembali memberi perhatian kepadaku.
"Berapa kerap kamu buat macam ni?"
Dahinya berkerut. "Buat apa?"
"Beli minuman untuk wanita di bar dan mengurat mereka."
Dia sedikit mengangkat kening, senyuman bermain di bibirnya. "Tak kerap langsung. Nasib baik aku yang kawan kamu pilih untuk rebound di kelab ini malam ni." Dia tidak menutup nafsu di matanya, fikiran kotor di benaknya atau fakta bahawa dia jelas mahukan aku dan aku merasakan kegembiraan menjalar dalam tubuhku. "Adakah kamu -"
Seseorang tiba-tiba terhuyung-hayang ke arahku dari belakang dan aku secara naluri meletakkan tanganku di dada Noah untuk menahan diri apabila aku terhuyung ke depan, sementara tangannya melingkari pinggangku untuk menghalang aku dari jatuh.
"Maaf," seseorang tersengguk-sengguk di belakangku tetapi aku tidak mempedulikannya kerana satu-satunya perkara yang boleh aku fokuskan adalah betapa dekatnya aku dan Noah antara satu sama lain.
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