KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 -- An exhausting climb up Mount Kinabalu in January culminated in a surprise proposal for actress Bella Astillah, who has now opened up about the emotional moment she accepted Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's hand in marriage.

"My emotions were all over the place because it was very cold and I was already exhausted," Bella, 32, told mStar.

"When he proposed, so many thoughts ran through my mind. Alhamdulillah, I said 'yes' within just a few seconds."

She also shared that her two children reacted positively to the news, a conversation initiated by Syed Saddiq himself.

"My children responded very positively. I wasn't the one who told them about the proposal - Syed Saddiq himself shared the news with Ayden an...