Kicked to jail by Mr Arthur

Chapter 1

One month before the day...

Sarah's POV

"Look at you Sarah, you're completely different from the first time I saw you here, you're lucky 10 years isn't a long time,"

That was Billie, one of my friends in this cramped room, she was the first one to beat me up when I passed through these annoying iron bars.

I can't believe it's been 10 years that I've shared air with them, now I only need to wait one month before making that bastard pay for everything he's taken from me.

"Hey red hair, come here," Mary called me, she was a rich old woman, she was in there for killing her ex-husband when she found him having an affair with her own best friend, she was sentenced to life in prison.

"What's wrong?" I just turned to her from where I was.

"Remember what I told you, use all that's left, and make him regret what he did to you, he'll have to kneel before you like you always did to him," Mary said.

"Don't worry, I'll handle it,"

Yes, of course, I'll handle it, I have to make sure that guy feels what I'm feeling right now, being in prison for a mistake I never did, it sucks, I wasted a lot of my time being locked up here.

At first, I thought this was the end of my life but it turns out, this is just the beginning of everything, and I'll make sure no one can bring me down this time.

•••

15 Years Earlier...

'knock...knock...'

"Wait a minute,"

I turned off the stove before running towards the door when I heard a knock, it must be Arthur, my boyfriend.

The door opened and the handsome guy appeared in front of me, with a charming smile on his face, his hair neatly combed with a green sweater and black ankle pants.

He was taller than me, and he was my type, I still couldn't believe how someone like him could choose to spend time with a girl like me.

"Hey baby, this is for you," Arthur said and handed me a box of beer.

"Thank you, but you don't have to bother buying it, I still have some beer in the fridge, come in,"

I took the box of beer and pulled his hand inside before closing the door with my foot and carrying him to the simple dining table in my apartment, no this is not mine, this is one of his properties that he lent me.

"Sit down first, are you hungry? Dinner is ready, you said you wanted to eat Rose pasta, I tried to make it from a tutorial on YouTube, I hope you like it,"

Walking back to the kitchen to prepare two plates of Rose pasta before bringing it to the dining table, my heart was beating fast because this was my first time cooking, and Rose pasta was his favorite, so my life was really at stake here.

"Here, Rose pasta I made, I know it doesn't look like what you expected but I'm sure it tastes good,"

Putting the plate in front of him before sitting on my chair, right across from him while looking at him nervously.

"Why do you look nervous? I'm sure it tastes good, and I'm starving so let's eat together," Arthur said.

"Aish, no you have to try it first, we can buy something for dinner if it doesn't taste good, and maybe I should stop cooking this time," I said before lowering my head and looking at my Rose pasta that didn't look tempting.

But as usual, the romantic man in front of me took my hand while smiling he made me calmer even though I still felt a little nervous about the taste because honestly I just followed the recipe from YouTube without trying it, I believed in the recipe but I didn't believe in my own hands and tongue.

"It's okay baby, I'm sure it's tasty, yes even though it looks a little pale but you made it for me," Arthur said.

He let go of my hand to take a fork and roll the pasta onto his plate to eat, I just swallowed seeing it, even when the pasta sauce made a mess on Arthur's lips it still made him look sexy.

"How is it?"

I didn't want to hear anything, because he didn't show a good facial expression in my opinion, but it seemed like he was just teasing me because he didn't say anything and just stared at me.

"Arthur!! tell me how it tastes. I know it's not good, give it to me, we should buy something for dinner,"

It didn't take long for me to take the plate in front of him and bring it to the kitchen, I immediately threw it into the trash and put the dirty plate on the sink when Arthur approached me and hugged me from behind.

"I'm sorry, I've tried it, and I should have known I'm not good at cooking so it's better not to try it,"

"Hey, why are you talking like that? I haven't even opened my mouth yet but why did you throw it away? it's delicious, your rose pasta is delicious, just like I thought, come here, look at me," Arthur turned my body around, making me lean on the counter and face him, my eyes were almost wet from holding back tears, but when I saw the smile on his face I just wanted to hug him and forget about my stupidity earlier.

"Come here, I know you just need my hug right now," Arthur said and immediately pulled me into his arms, he seemed to read my mind, but I was just embarrassed to look at his face because I knew he was just saying that to please my feelings.

"I want pizza for dinner and lots of beer for tonight,"

Hugging him tightly while sniffing his body scent is my favorite, I could fall asleep in his arms in this position, but unfortunately, I can't because my stomach keeps rumbling and I have to eat something before going to bed, or my eyes won't close all night.

"Okay, let's order pizza, but I can't join you for a beer, because I have to drive," Arthur said as he let go of my hug.

"But it's Friday, and you have the day off tomorrow, why do you have to drive? Aren't you staying here?"

"I forgot to tell you that my boss asked me to see his new project, he wants me to take care of everything so I have to give my best," Arthur said.

"Oh I thought we could spend the night like usual, but never mind, this might be a good step for you, maybe one day you will be the one signing your project contract,"

I am very proud of him, even though he was born into a wealthy family, but Arthur Wood, was never shy to start from the beginning, I knew him when I was in school and he was very cold, we never talked and never got this close until finally we met again, as if fate brought him to me when everyone left me, including my bitch friends.

We have been together for 5 years, and it feels really hard to believe, a man like him wants a girl like me, I have nothing now, even when he asked me to be his girlfriend, I was just a cashier at a fast-food place, but he treated me perfectly, there was almost no time for me to curse him because he always put me first above everything else.

Since we were together, he even paid for all my needs including letting me stay in one of his apartments.

His parents bought him 2 apartments, as a birthday present and a gift because he managed to get a job, he lived in one of them and gave me a room to live in the other one, I don't think his parents knew because during my time with him he never brought me to meet them, but I wasn't ready for that either, I was very far from their expectations, I was sure of that.

After finishing a box of pizza for myself my stomach felt like it was about to explode, not to mention the 4 cans of beer that I finished by myself, I was confused why Arthur didn't feel ashamed at all to have a girl like me, he even looked happy when I devoured the pizza in front of him greedily.

"Baby," Arthur said, he sat next to me when I saw the clock showing 11.45 pm, it seemed like he wanted to go home while I was eating my dinner but he didn't want to ruin my mood.

"I know it's quite late and you can go home, you need enough sleep to meet your boss tomorrow,"

Honestly, my head also felt dizzy, not drunk because I knew my alcohol limit but still these 4 cans of beer were enough to make my head feel heavy, but I wouldn't sleep because my stomach still felt tight.

"I'm sorry, I promise to come tomorrow night for dinner together, but how about this time we eat at your favorite restaurant?" Arthur said.

"No way! I only have one favorite restaurant, and I think it's been a long time since I went there,"

my ears perked up when I heard his words, I knew he would keep his promise, that's Arthur and that's what made me fall in love with him.

"I'll take out your trash, I'll call you when I get home, I love you, baby," Arthur kissed my forehead before leaving with the trash scattered in my living room.

He didn't even wait for me to answer his words and I think I was also running out of energy to say that I loved him too. I just want my stomach to quickly digest the food I eat so I can sleep soon.

I dropped my body to the back of the sofa and turned my head towards the window on my right side, I could feel the cold night air touching my skin, but it was refreshing and yes as I expected, it made my eyes even heavier to open and finally I just fell asleep.

To be continued...

Chapter 2

My eyes opened wide when my phone startled me, I realized I was not in my room, I was still on the sofa with the window open but the difference was I couldn't feel the cool wind touching my body but the heat from the sun shining right at me.

I looked at my wall clock above the TV, and my eyes widened even more, it was almost 1 pm, how could I sleep that long in this position?

"Damn it!"

I looked here and there, for my phone, but I couldn't find it, I was frustrated because I never woke up that late, I chose to clean myself first before looking for the damn phone again, luckily Arthur had tidied up the table and thrown away the trash so that made my job a little easier.

When I finished taking a shower, I came out of the room and heard my phone ringing, I looked for the source of the sound and I found it waiting for me under the sofa, I immediately took it because Arthur called me, he must be worried because I didn't reply to his message.

"Hello baby, I'm sorry, I overslept, I even slept on the sofa last night, where are you?"

"It's okay baby, I know you must be tired, I also didn't have time to tell you last night because I fell asleep, I'm sorry, I'm already at the location, this is really a big project so I have to focus, and I'm not sure if we can meet tonight or not, my boss also asked me to have dinner with him here, with the other team," Arthur said.

My face immediately changed, especially the smile on my face, it just disappeared when Arthur canceled our meeting in a very subtle way, making me unable to argue with him because this is about work and I always support him.

"Oh it's okay, you have to show good performance in front of your boss, I will always support you, we can meet on Sunday,"

"Baby..." Arthur said, but somehow I could feel something in his voice, I'm sure we can't even meet on Sunday.

"What's wrong? Did your boss also invite you to another project?"

Yes, that was a dig at him, but honestly, he was never this busy, so I was a little surprised by this annoying change, he didn't have time to be with me, at least to chat.

"I'm sorry baby, but my parents asked me to come home on Sunday, they want to talk about something," Arthur said.

"Oh... your parents, that means you have to come there,"

Arthur's parents lived in another city, let's call it a rich people's city because all who lived some had a lot of money, I also lived there when my father was still alive, and I had to leave because that bitch kicked me out of the house, and took all my father's property, the bitch I mean is my stepmother, but she didn't show the figure of a mother at all.

And many of my friends lived there, but of course, they all disappeared one by one as if swallowed by the earth since they found out I had nothing, aka poor.

Since then I chose to live simply because I had no other choice, just living off the remaining money in my account, living in a slum and working odd jobs in convenience stores, becoming a cashier in a cafe and fast food restaurant whatever job I did at that time, and yes that's where we met when I became a cashier for him.

"I'm sorry baby, I'll meet you after all my business is done, you don't need to worry, I always love you, only you," Arthur said.

"No, no don't apologize, it's okay, this is not a big deal Arthur, we can meet after everything is done,"

I wasn't in the mood, but I couldn't show my annoyance like a child in front of him.

"I have to go, I love you, baby," Arthur said and like he did last night, he hung up the phone before I answered his words.

"Really? Doesn't he even want to hear my voice? He hung up the phone so quickly," I just grumbled.

*

Two days passed...

Bored, I was so bored, Arthur rarely called me because he was busy and yes he never called me when he was with his parents. I never had a problem when it was about work but I don't know why I felt a little troubled when it was about his parents, maybe because I never met them and Arthur never took me there either. Maybe because I was poor and that was a little troublesome for Arthur.

And today I was still at my workplace, in front of the cashier and serving customers who came, my face probably looked annoying at that time because I wasn't in the mood to work. But I couldn't possibly rely on Arthur for all my needs, I didn't want to be called a gold digger.

"Good afternoon sir, welcome to Cheese & Cheese, may I help you with your order?"

A man stood in front of me, he was wearing sunglasses, with a white shirt and brown ankle pants, very fragrant, his style looked old money, but unfortunately I don't like men like that, looks arrogant.

"Double cheeseburger, extra fries, and a large cola, I also want extra pickles and make sure it's very spicy,"

His voice was very deep, somehow I could feel the sexy vibes coming from his voice, he didn't look at me he just focused on his phone ringing, it seemed like there were a lot of incoming messages there because I could see the notifications on his phone screen.

After giving his order, he immediately left, I had time to see him until he went out the door but another customer came and messed up my view.

But that's good, at least I realized if I was too focused on another man, even though there was nothing special about that man, just a stranger, a customer who came to buy a burger at my place, he was different from Arthur who made me fall in love with his smile.

"Sarah, take a break, I'll continue," Jodie said.

He is my coworker, the one I can rely on here, I only trust him, I don't even trust my manager, Tommy, he is just a talkative and perverted person, but he never dares to touch me, because my gaze can even pierce his eyes before his hands can touch me.

"Thanks, Jodie, I'll go out for a while, I need some air, here only smells of french fries,"

I immediately took off my apron and hat and left the place through the back door, I always sat there until my break was over, sometimes I missed my lunch because I was busy daydreaming, but this time I didn't want to miss it, I needed to eat, I needed energy to hold back my longing for Arthur.

When I was opening my lunch, I heard someone talking on the phone, not far from where I was sitting. I didn't want to find out where the source of the voice was but the longer the voice disturbed my peace.

I got up from my seat and looked for the voice of the man who was getting more and more familiar to my ears and yes I was right, it was the man with the sunglasses that I had served earlier.

He said something in another language I didn't know, but it seemed like a serious conversation, so I decided to leave since it wasn't a fun show and I couldn't understand what he was saying.

I went back to my lunch place and a stray dog ​​was eating my lunch.

"Hey!!"

I ran and tried to chase it away but it turned its head towards me and looked like it wanted to eat me so I decided to let it enjoy my lunch and I went back inside seeing more customers since it was lunchtime.

To be continued...

Chapter 3

Today it was raining quite heavily, I was still standing in front of my workplace because I didn't bring an umbrella, Arthur should have picked me up and we would spend time at my house like usual but this time it was the same as last week, he would come to the apartment after his business was finished, and I was stuck here.

I should have called him, no matter what it would have been better if we went home together but this is me who doesn't like to disturb his work because I feel indebted, he has done a lot for me, even fulfilling my needs and who am I? I can't understand his busyness, very selfish.

I looked at my watch, it was almost 8 pm, I looked into my workplace and Jodie was still busy there, more and more customers were coming, and if I stayed there I would only be stuck forever, so I decided to run towards the bus stop, even though in the end I would get soaked but I could warm my body at home.

"To hell with this rain!"

As I ran towards the bus stop, suddenly someone bumped into me from behind and made me fall, of course, my whole body was dirty and wet.

"Damn it! Are you fucking blind?"

I just grumbled when someone reached out his hand to me, a man's hand, and I pushed it away, stood up without needing his help, and stared at him firmly.

"Are you blind? Look what you did to me, you should have said something instead of sticking out your hand and staring at me like this!"

My anger increased, probably at level 45% I hope I don't curse him here because I was really tired that day and my mood was ruined because of this damn man.

"Do I need to replace it with money? How much are your clothes?" The man said, his voice sounded familiar but maybe it was just my feeling because it wasn't too clear hidden by the rain.

I heard his words, money, he was discussing money with me.

"Huh.. do you think I'm poor? All I need is an apology from you for bump me, don't rich people like you have any manners? Didn't your parents ever teach you to apologize?"

He just stared at me, as we stood under the pouring rain, I could feel the rainwater entering my shoes and socks, my whole body was wet but not only me, that man too, he stared at me without saying anything so it seemed like a waste of time like this.

"Are you deaf too? Move! You're just wasting my time,"

I pushed his body out of my way and ran to the bus stop. When I got there, I looked at myself, how could I go home this wet, I would make the entire apartment floor dirty.

"Aish, this is all because of that damn man, I wouldn't be this wet if it weren't for him,"

I could only grumble because I had no other choice, I heard my phone ringing, it must be Arthur, maybe he had arrived at the apartment, he must be looking for me and worried because I hadn't arrived there yet.

I immediately looked for my phone in my bag and picked it up when I saw his name on the screen.

"Hello? Have you arrived at the apartment? I'm still waiting for the bus at the bus stop, and I'm soaked,"

"Baby, I wanted to tell you that if I work late tonight, I'll come and stay at your place like usual but I have to finish some of my work first," Arthur said.

Instantly my anger increased to 60%, my mood was ruined today, especially tonight, I just kept my mouth shut before any bad words came out of it.

"Baby? Are you still there?" Arthur said.

"Yeah, yeah I'm still here, it's okay, just take your time babe, should I order dinner for us?"

"Order for yourself, I'll have dinner here, I have to hang up and finish my work as soon as possible, oh yeah, make sure you take a hot shower and make some hot honey lemon tea so you don't get sick, I love you, Sarah," Arthur said.

"Okay, I love you too,"

This time he hung up after I answered him, at least he did something right this time, making my anger decrease by 5%. I sat there waiting for my bus to come, I swung my legs and saw how wet I was, it just made me smile.

I should have stayed at my workplace until the rain stopped because when I focused on my legs I didn't hear the rain anymore, I lifted my head and sure enough, the rain had stopped. Making me look silly like this.

I was always the one who worried about him and didn't want to keep him waiting, but on the other hand, it was hard for me to complain to him, I couldn't be mad at him for his kindness to me.

Almost 30 minutes later I finally arrived at the apartment, I opened the door and immediately went to my room, threw my bag on the bed, and went to the bathroom. Turned on the hot shower, took off my clothes, and immediately stood under it.

This time I let my body be doused with water, very comfortable, and warm, and makes me sleepy, the drops that touch my body also make me relax. I like this sensation, I close my eyes and slowly lift my face so that the water also touches it.

I don't need to rush, I can enjoy my bath tonight because I'm sure he will come when I sleep, and maybe I will order fried chicken for dinner, watch a movie with buttered popcorn and a can of beer then go to sleep, ah sounds like a perfect plan.

But I just got out of the bathroom with a towel on my body, my hair is still wet and I hear a knock on the door. I'm glad he came earlier, but... well there is still a but.

I quickly put on my pajamas and let my wet hair down, before opening the door for Arthur, but again my eyes widened.

"You..."

That man again? The crazy man who bumped into me and made me have to go home soaked.

"Did you follow me here? You kook! What are you doing here? I can call the police if-"

"Here," The man handed me a homemade cake.

"What's this?"

"I just moved into the unit over there, here, and I'm not a kook, I give everyone on this floor the same cake, so don't feel special," The man said and walked away as I took the cake from his hand.

"Hey!!" I walked out of my unit and saw him enter the unit at the end, the unit had been empty for a long time, so I guess he was right when he said he was a new resident on my floor.

I quickly went inside and placed the cake on the dining table before sitting right in front of it.

"What did I do wrong in my life? I always meet so many annoying people,"

The cake seemed to be calling me to taste it, there's no way he put poison in it, right? If so, all the residents on this floor would die, wait, did he just give it to me? No way, he doesn't even know that I live here, it seems like he doesn't know that I'm a resident of this apartment.

"There's nothing wrong with trying a little,"

I poked the cream on the cake with the strawberry he put as a decoration and ate it.

"Woah... did he make it himself? I think he bought it at a cake shop, a man like him can't make a cake this tasty, but this is cheese and strawberry, Arthur won't like it,"

That night I just finished the cake given by my new neighbor and forgot about the fried chicken that I had been imagining in my head.

But it's okay, I can still eat my buttered popcorn and watch my favorite movie, I sat with a blanket covering half of my body and hugged the popcorn bowl tightly while focusing on watching. I didn't even check my phone to see messages from Arthur because there were none from him, poor me.

To be continued...