Chapter 15After talking to Luke about Bobby's birthday, he finally decided to postpone his return to England, if he did it just for revenge I think it was quite excessive.That afternoon Luke was busy meeting his friends, Rosie also went to work and I didn't know what to do, I wanted to go somewhere but didn't want to be alone.Then I remembered Clara, maybe this was the right time to ask her to hang out and talk about many things, it seemed like she was also quite open.I searched for her contact on my phone and immediately contacted her, I knew she was a busy woman but it seemed like she wouldn't refuse my offer to meet."Hello?" The woman's voice sounded soft in my ears."Hi Clara, it's me, Sarah,""Oh hi Sarah, how are you?" Clara said."I'm fine, how about you and Bobby?""We're all fine, Bobby is just a little cranky because of the fever, but he's much better," Clara said.“Oh thank goodness, I was just about to ask you to hang out but it seems like you’re busy taking care of B
Chapter 16Luke came to pick me up at Arthur's house, Clara waved her hand as our car drove away, it seemed like she would be very surprised if she knew that I was part of their family.I was still focused on looking out the window when Luke put his hand on mine, surprising me but I just turned to him."What's wrong? Why are you there?" Luke said."Clara asked me to come,"I tried to avoid his grip and looked back out the window, still clearly remembering when Arthur stood in front of me, he was no longer the man I loved, I saw from his eyes that there was only hatred there, maybe the same as what he saw in my eyes."Do you think Arthur knows what we're planning?""Why? Did he tell you something?" Luke said."No, he probably just guessed because we appeared suddenly out of nowhere, do you think this plan will work?" I turned to him and Luke stepped on the brakes when the light turned red."What plan do you mean?" Luke said.“Yeah you’re right, we haven’t talked about this,”“Sarah,” L
Chapter 17 Today I was busy looking for a gift for Bobby, I was alone, Luke wanted to accompany me but I gave another reason because I didn't want to be accompanied by anyone this time, he didn't need to focus too much on me, he could enjoy his time here with his friends. I went to a toy store in the mall, I didn't know what to give Bobby, since I knew his parents could buy him everything. Then I saw a dinosaur doll, it was green, and I thought it was adorable. After buying it and going out of the store, someone bumped into me and made Bobby's gift fall from my hand, a man grabbed it and gave it to me, but when I looked at the man's face, it was Arthur. What is this? What kind of coincidence is this? "Sarah?" Arthur said, he was quite surprised to see me there, maybe he didn't expect to see me often after I got out of prison. "Oh hi, my husband," "What are you talking about? I told you, I'm not your husband anymore," Arthur said. "Really? Why? I don't feel like we're divorced
Chapter 18 Luke and I arrived at a private villa near the beach, that afternoon the weather was very warm, I only wore a short dress with small flower motifs and tie my hair with a little hair hanging beside my face. Since that day, Luke seemed cold to me, he still replied to my messages, answered my calls, and came to the penthouse but I could feel the change and I didn't like it. When he got out of the car, he immediately grabbed my hand and intertwined it, I just looked at our hands with my other hand carrying a gift for Bobby. "Sarah," Luke said when his feet suddenly stopped and I immediately turned to him. "Do you trust me?" Luke said. "Trust you?" "Yes, do you trust me?" Luke said with his eyes that seemed to enter me. "Yes, but why all of a sudden?" "We need to make him believe," Luke said. “Yes, but—“ “Just trust me,” Luke said and as he led me inside I held him back and made him look at me again. “What?” Luke said. “I know the reason why now,” “What do you mean
Chapter 19The next day, I woke up alone, there was no Luke beside me and his side was already neat, I sat on the bed and saw the balcony door open, I could feel the fresh air touching my cheeks, cold.I intended to close the door but my steps stopped when I heard Luke's voice talking to someone on the phone. I didn't see him there because the curtain covered him."I'll see you tonight, I'm busy right now, I'll call you later," Luke said and his voice sounded soft, I was sure it was Brie.Luke hung up his phone and was surprised to see me there, he just stared at me without a word at that time and I didn't ask anything, I just went in to wash my face.I didn't close the bathroom door, so I could see Luke come into the room and sit on the bed facing me who was standing in the bathroom."Looks like you're going to be very busy tonight,""No, it's just Brie who forced me to come," Luke said.“You can go now if you want, I’ll tell Clara and cancel lunch with her,”“No, it’s okay,” Luke sa
Chapter 20I don't know if Luke is mad at me or not, but after he left that morning, we never met again and today he should have returned to England, he only answered my question last night coldly.Should I call him? He must be at the airport.But what if he ignores my call?I don't need to do this, we agreed not to put feelings in this matter.Sarah, what's wrong with you? Why do I need to feel uncomfortable being treated like this by him?"Sarah, are you in there?" I heard Rosie's voice calling me before she opened my bedroom door, she had never been like that before."What's wrong?""Nothing, I just wanted to know about your plan and Luke?" Rosie said before sitting on my bed."Up until now, everything has been going well, why?""I shouldn't have looked into the Smith family but I was curious enough and I found this," Rosie showed me a picture, it was a file that she scanned but I didn't understand what the file was.“What is that?”“This is the list of the Smith family’s inheritan
Chapter 21After trying to forget the memories with Arthur, it felt harder than I imagined, even every time I forgot him I only remembered him and the memories appeared more often in my head.How could it not be? The memories he built to make me submit to him were indeed very perfect, but it was so disgusting if I imagine it now.That stupid girl, I wanted to curse her in front of her face, but that was me, me who used to admit how stupid I was.That day Rosie didn't go to work, she was at home and busy cleaning the entire room after making breakfast for me, the girl was quite diligent, or maybe because she was still young? Ah, not really."Have you eaten?""Yes, I had breakfast first because I wanted to clean up," Rosie said.I saw the girl going here and there with a vacuum cleaner in her hand, the TV was also on so I could watch it, but this time Rosie didn't watch the news, she watched all the variety shows, that kid is unpredictable.Just finished washing my dirty dishes, I saw R
Chapter 22Walking into the building, some people there greeted me, bowed their bodies, and welcomed me warmly, I never imagined it would be this easy to get back what I lost before.Mr. Derick walked beside me he is the owner of the company, and I am just someone who is tasked with helping him, let's call me his daughter. He is Mary's best friend, Derick was willing to help me after I told him everything and mentioned Mary's name in front of him, their ages seemed not much different, I could see the worry on Derick's face every time I mentioned Mary's name.The man took me to the 52nd floor where his room was and my room would be later because I would work with him so we would always be seen together. Seeing him was like seeing my father, ah I miss him so much, it's been a long time since I came to his grave.Derick took me into his room, the place was really big and clean, with a large window right behind his desk. The whole city seemed to be visible from there.“Sit down, I don’t n
Chapter 40 “You should have told me if you wanted to go to your father’s grave,” Luke said as he sat across from me with the lunch he prepared for me and Rosie. But Rosie chose to eat in her room because she was working on something, and it seemed like she hadn’t come back to work. “I didn’t intend to go there either, I just wanted to see Mary but for some reason, I remembered my father and decided to go there,” “How do you feel?” Luke said. “What? What about my feelings?” “You must miss your father, right?” Luke said. “Yeah, but not that much, I was just thinking about how he would react if he was still alive and found out his daughter did something stupid by choosing that bastard as my husband,” “You weren’t stupid then, but if you got back with him after what he did to you, that would be stupid,” Luke said. “What about Brie? Does she still contact you?” “She seems to be seeing Arthur lately, I feel like there’s something they’re doing behind our backs, or maybe
Chapter 39 Finally, I returned to that place, the place where I lived for 10 years without knowing why I was punished. There was only hatred and thousands of questions in my head, why me? And why did he do all that to me? The person I thought would be the person I could rely on the most, turned out to be the one who destroyed me the most. "Red hair," Mary's voice surprised me, breaking the chaotic thoughts in my head. The old woman entered the room with the black cardigan she always wore, her face still looked beautiful only a little pale, maybe she was worried about the punishment she would receive. "What made you come here? Is it because of Derick?" Mary said before she sat in front of me. I just stared at her at that time, for some reason I felt very miserable seeing this old woman in front of me, she even punished herself, would I do the same thing after successfully taking revenge on Arthur? “I will not sign over all your assets, they are yours and I have no right to receiv
Chapter 38 “Morning Sarah,” I heard Rosie’s voice and slowly opened my eyes, my room was already filled with sunlight, and she was standing right in front of me, which was unusual. “Morning,” “I made you a sandwich and juice, I’ll put it here, Luke said he stayed at Derick’s last night so he’ll come to see you today, I have to go to work now, and… I’m sorry about my behavior yesterday,” Rosie said. I didn’t even get up and process what she said but the girl just left, I slept too late thinking about our conversation. Her mother is my stepmother and she is my stepsister? No no, she’s not my sister because her mother is not my mother but still, after all this time I thought I had no one left it turns out I still have a family and it’s her. I sat on my bed leaning against the headboard and grabbed my phone from the nightstand, checking if Luke had contacted me or whoever it was and yeah I saw a few messages from Luke and Clara that’s it. Arthur just disappeared, but Clara sa
Chapter 37 This is crazy!!! This is crazy and I think I can win this time by using Clara, somehow I feel like Clara also has a certain intention when she approaches me. It's just that I can't see what's in her head. "And one more thing, I should have done this myself and not involve anyone but I don't have that much room to find out," Clara said. "What is it?" "I think Arthur is cheating on me behind my back, lately his behavior has been strange and he always comes home late at night, I remember about the apartment he showed you, even until now he hasn't said anything about that unit," Clara said. Gotcha!!! "Clara, I've been trying to deny my thoughts but honestly hearing everything you said today about you and Arthur I think I need to be honest with you too," "Be honest about what?" Clara said. "I also felt the same way when you guys came to my wedding, Arthur looked different and he was busy with his phone, I don't think anyone is that busy when they're with their partner r
Chapter 36Rosie didn't come back that day, and her number couldn't be reached either, Jodie said she didn't come to the restaurant, and he asked me to report to the police if Rosie was missing. But why does it feel so heavy, even Luke didn't stop looking for Rosie, everyone was looking for her except me."Sarah, what's bothering you?" Luke said, he approached me to the balcony with two cups of hot coffee in his hands and gave me one."Nothing, I just don't know why but it seems like Rosie is avoiding me,""Avoiding you? What do you mean? Did you guys fight? I've asked you many times but you said—""Yes because I don't have a problem with her, she even looked fine before she left, I'm just confused because she doesn't look like someone who wants to run away from home, she left all her stuff in her room, and strangely when I wanted to ask her something, at that moment she suddenly disappeared,""Something? What is it?" Luke said.“I don’t want to say this because I don’t know myself, b
Chapter 35 My eyes opened when I heard the phone ringing, I slept very soundly last night, and I even woke up with a smile on my face even though the phone ringing startled me. I didn't feel Luke's touch, maybe he had woken up first because I saw the curtains open and sunlight entering our room. The blanket covered my body, I knew I was naked at that time and I just smiled when I remembered what happened last night. I forgot the phone ringing on the nightstand, I sat and leaned against the headboard before taking my phone and how surprised I was when I saw who was calling me. Arthur Wood, this man wanted to trap me again.. he did everything so that I could be his victim for the second time, but I was not interested at all. I ended the call before turning off my phone, I was just about to get up from bed to clean myself when the bedroom door opened and Luke appeared there with a tray of bread and milk. “Morning Sarah, breakfast,” Luke said, how could he be so sweet, I didn’t even
Chapter 34 The day has finally come, my wedding day with Luke, a wedding that was never planned before, a wedding that I never imagined before is now happening. I officially became Luke's wife, the man stood beside me, very handsome in his black suit, tall and very charming, maybe if I could choose I would choose him to be my husband from the start instead of that bastard. My eyes looked here and there, the guests who came were getting more and more, I didn't know who they were maybe they didn't know me either, all of them were Luke's friends and family, I didn't even think I would be introduced to his family, this was beyond my expectations. "I don't see Arthur and Clara, is it possible that they missed this party?" "No way, he even contacted you the day before our wedding," Luke said. "Do you think he's jealous of all this?" "Honestly, I think he's just trying to play with your feelings, I saw Brie earlier, where is she?" Luke said while looking here and there for Brie. “You
Chapter 33Working with Derick made me much more confident, he gave me many new lessons in life, although 10 years in prison was also a lesson for me not to easily trust someone, especially men.I found many similarities between him and my father, his presence near me made me feel like I was near my father, I couldn't know because my father was dead, but it was true when he treated me like his daughter."Why are you still here? Stop working on all those files, it's time for a break, let's have lunch together," Derick suddenly entered my room, I didn't even realize that it was lunchtime because I was too busy doing my assignment."Oh I forgot the time, okay, I'll tidy it up first,""I'll wait for you in the lobby," Derick said and I just nodded with a smile as he went towards the elevator.I checked my phone, and saw some messages from Arthur and Luke, as well as Jodie. I wonder why that bastard still contacted me, even after I ignored him, he probably thought I was easy to seduce and
Chapter 32Upon arriving at the lobby of my residence, Luke still had a sour face, he didn't even look at me or even talk to me, it was strange because he didn't need to be like this to me and why did I feel guilty towards him now?"Aren't you going to stop by?""No, thanks, I have to see Brie," Luke said, come on this isn't a competition between us Luke, do you have to do this after what I did with Arthur?"Oh okay, have fun,"I just got out of his car, he didn't say anything after that and his car just drove away, I immediately went up to my penthouse.The door opened and I saw Rosie at the dining table, with snacks and her laptop, she turned to me and seemed to scan my body from head to toe."What's wrong?"I passed her and went to the kitchen to get some water, I knew she was still looking at me at that time, she looked confused because it was visible on her face."You look messed up," Rosie said.“Really?”“What have you done? Didn’t you answer Luke’s phone? He sounded worried wh