Chapter 7


    The news of Sophia taking legal action became a huge issue. The past incident almost ruined her


    future. Furthermore, she was a student at Bayside University, and so her reputation was extremely


    important.


    If she refused to go to court over this matter, it would directly affect her reputation at Bayside University.


    In fact, it would affect her enrollment in the university.


    After the university understood the situation and its impact, Sophia was specifically given several days


    off to attend to thiswsuit.


    At Harper’s mansion.


    X and Ka were seated in the living room while chatting about a new movie.


    “Sigh, Ka, recently, there’s a newly premiered movie, which is particrly popr, called ‘Overlord’.


    There are two male protagonists in the movie. The male lead, Taylor Murray, is so handsome! His role


    as an actor in the movie makes him seem so feminine, but it’s not annoying at all! Ethan Winston, who


    is the other male lead, is exceptionally handsome too!” Xmented enthusiastically with a


    magazine in hand.


    Ka saw Taylor’s photograph across the front page under the headlines. Taylor Murray was currently


    the megastar in the entertainment industry because he had just received several awards recently. In


    fact, he secured the Best Actor Awards both locally and internationally, and so Ka was intrigued.


    “The Harper Family invested a total of 200 million in the filming of the movie ‘Overlord’. It has only


    premiered in theater for fifteen days, but the movie is already a huge box office hit. It’s grossing at 1.8


    billion now, and I’m sure the movie will emerge as the number one box office hit of the year!”


    X shook Ka excitedly. “In that case, let’s catch the movie together!”


    Just when they were chatting, Richard came walking down the spiral staircase slowly. He asked with a


    smile while observing them chatting eagerly, “What are you two chatting about?”


    X clung onto his arm yfully. “Richard, let’s catch a movie. I want to watch ‘Overlord’!”


    “Sure, of course. Let’s catch the movie together.”


    A maid entered suddenly. “Young Master, there’s a guest.”


    A man, who was wearing a stern expression, stood behind the maid. He had a pair of gold-rimmed


    sses on, and he was wearing a smart, formal suit.


    Upon seeing him, Richard appeared extremely respectful. He weed the man politely. “Ah, I see


    you’re here, Mr. Fields! Please, have a seat!”


    The man was a rather big deal. He was a bigshotwyer, Calvin Fields. He had never lost awsuit in


    his career. Hence, Mr. Fields was extremely popr among the rich and famous, and it was difficult to


    hire him even if money wasn’t a problem!


    I wonder why this bigshotwyer is paying us a visit in Harper’s mansion. One usually wouldn’t get to


    see him without an appointment. Furthermore, I heard that his schedule is booked until next year.


    Mr. Fields adjusted his gold wire-rimmed sses, but he did not take a seat. Instead, he took out


    several documents from his briefcase. “I’m here today to see Ka Harper, also known as Miss Harper.


    She was involved in spreading rumors and ndering my client. It has caused tremendous


    repercussions toward my client’s reputation. My client has entrusted me to handle thiswsuit. May I


    know who Ka Harper is?”


    “What?” Ka stood up abruptly from the couch. “What do you mean that I spread rumors and


    ndered your client?! What is going on?”


    Richard and X exchanged confused looks, and Richard asked Mr. Fields hastily, “How could Ka


    possibly get involved in awsuit?”


    Mr. Fields nced at Richard coldly while handing Ka several documents. “Miss Harper,st year,


    on 15th September, you paid off Dr. yton from Riverdale High School with 200,000 to frame my


    client, Miss Edwards, by iming that she was pregnant. It severely damaged her reputation while


    resulting in irreversible harm for the society. Currently, my client has filed a civilwsuit against you and


    Dr. yton. These are the relevant documents for your perusal.”


    Ka stared at the documents in Mr. Fields’ hand in disbelief. She epted them and flipped through


    the documents in a hurry. It was a case report about Ka allegedly spreading rumors about Sophia.


    Richard scanned through the documents as well, and he saw the key points. ‘Ka Harper allegedly


    paid 200,000 to Dr. yton from Riverdale High School to forge Miss Edwards’ pregnancy report. This


    has severely impacted Miss Edwards’ life and education.


    Currently, Miss Edwards has filed a civilwsuit against Miss Harper, requesting Miss Harper for a


    public apology, and for her to restore Miss Edwards’ reputation through a publication in the newspaper.


    In addition to that, Miss Harper has been requested to pay 5 million to Miss Harper for civil damages…’


    Furthermore, there was a confession from Dr. yton with an attached phone number. Dr. yton


    confirmed that he made the deal through this phone number, and the very same number was


    associated with the Venmo ount that transferred 200,000 to Dr. yton while requesting him to


    forge a fake medical report.


    This phone number and Venmo ount both belonged to Ka.


    After reading through the information, Ka shook her head in disbelief. She threw the documents onto


    the floor. “That’s impossible! I’ve never done any of those things! Someone framed me! Someone


    obviously framed me!”


    Mr. Fields picked up the documents from the floor while maintaining a nk expression. “You will


    receive a court subpoena soon. You may state your stand in court. I am merely responsible for rying


    the message.”


    He kept the documents back in his briefcase, and he was still wearing a cold expression when he


    turned around to leave.


    If it weren’t for the fact that Richard knew Mr. Fields and had dealt with him in the past, he wouldn’t


    have believed that the person standing in front of him was indeed Calvin Fields. Richard blocked Mr.


    Fields while asking him dubiously, “Is your client truly Sophia Edwards?”


    Mr. Fields nodded. “Yes.”


    He took his briefcase and left without another word.


    Richard stared at the empty entrance uncertainly for a very long time after Mr. Fields left.


    Mr. Fields is a bigshot in his profession. It would be impossible formoners to hire him. How could


    Sophia have possibly had the money to hire him for herwsuit?


    Ka was a youngdy from a wealthy family, who had never experienced hardship. She would never


    admit to a crime she did notmit, nor would she allow herself to take the me for no reason. She


    was so angry that her eyes gleamed menacingly.


    I didn’t expect that Sophia had it in her to do such a thing!


    She grabbed onto Richard. “Richard, look what’s happening now! This is all thanks to that b*tch,


    Sophia Edwards! It has been such a long time; don’t you see her for who she truly is?! How dare she


    frame me! I’ve never done such a thing before, nor do I know Dr. yton, whoever that is! How dare


    shemit such a shameless crime for money!”


    I know Ka’s character. She has always been stubborn and unreasonable ever since she was a child,


    but she would nevermit such a heinous crime because it’s not her style at all.


    Is Sophia putting the me on Ka in order to restore her reputation? Or is she doing this for money?


    5 million is not a small sum, after all!


    In the past, the Harper Family was against it when Richard dated Sophia. However, since he was still


    young and immature, no one stopped him. However, Ka and Sophia always bumped into each other


    in school, and they didn’t have a good rtionship with each other. Ka had been unkind and hard


    toward Sophia during that time.


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    Therefore, nobody would find it suspicious if Sophia were to me everything on Ka.


    X’s face was flushed red with anger. She consoled Ka while cursing, “I didn’t expect Sophia to be


    so evil. How dare she use such a heinous method in order to restore her reputation! I’ve truly


    misjudged her. Richard, you have toe up with something. You can’t just let Sophia frame Ka!”


    A series ofplex emotions shed across Richard’s face. Too many things don’t seem to fit in this


    matter. Shouldn’t Sophia start by taking it out on me if she wants revenge?


    Where did she get the money to hire thewyer? What happened to her after she was expelled?


    Richard was still unconvinced that the obedient, timid Sophia would do such a thing. He turned around


    before stating, “I’ll make a phone call to rify something.”


    He took out his phone and dialed a number, which had not been saved on his phone, from memory. He


    had deleted this phone number when he erased Sophia from his life. Previously, after receiving the SIM


    card, Sophia excitedly installed the SIM card in the free Nokia phone that came with the card. The first


    number she dialed was Richard’s. She only had several numbers saved in that phone, and Richard’s


    was one of them.


    However, the phone number was already not in use when he tried calling.


    A cruel gleam shed in X’s eyes when she saw Richard bearing hope for Sophia. However, she


    merely urged him in a panic, “Richard, she is obviously trying to frame Ka! You had better find a


    lawyer for Ka immediately!”