Lahat ng Kabanata ng Reborn: Confront My Fake Best Friend: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

"Isla isn't breathing anymore! It's your fault that our daughter has lost her mother at such a young age!" Felix Zane's roar ripped through the winter air as he knelt by my best friend, Isla Kingsley's drenched, ice-cold body lying motionless on the riverbank.The onlookers watched his grief-stricken display with pity in their eyes. If I hadn't been reborn, I might have believed his performance too.…In my previous life, at the company's year-end gala, I'd won a prize ticket worth a hundred million. Overjoyed, I shared the news with Isla. Who could have known that as she was looking at the ticket, she'd slip, fall into the river, and be swept away to her death?Guilt had consumed me. To make up for what happened, I had raised her little daughter with all my heart. To avoid gossip and also to honor Isla's will, I married her husband, Felix.To give my best friend's only child a better future, I juggled three part-time jobs a day until my body gave out. The only consolation was tha

When Elowen heard there was more to the story, she scrambled to her feet and began shrieking that she would claw me to pieces. "You shameless witch! You not only killed my daughter, but you've also been seducing my son-in-law?! I'll see you dead for this!"I frowned and shoved her away. "Mrs. Kingsley, this is my last warning. Push your luck again, and I won't hold back!"My tone shut her up for a few seconds, but the crowd had already started pointing and whispering. A few older women were swearing at me outright.Seeing that the onlookers had sided with her, Elowen's rage surged again. "You filthy tramp—I'll rip that smug face of yours off and teach you some decency!"This time, I didn't hold back. She barreled at me, I kicked out, and she went flying and landed hard on her face, losing a front tooth in the fall. Her gray hair flew in disarray, and the hate on her face grew uglier."I never seduced your son-in-law," I snapped. "Believe it or not, he made this up!"She wiped blo

Isla had barely cracked a smile after snatching the prize ticket when her expression froze solid. She shrieked and lunged at me again. "You bitch! How dare you trick me?! This isn't the real prize ticket—hand over the real one!"I kicked her away and demanded flatly, "Why don't you explain why you faked your death first, Kingsley?"Felix, seeing me go after his wife, jabbed a finger at me and cursed, "What are you talking about? Fake her death?! She was lying there, the water she swallowed slowly drained out, and once she could breathe again, she came back around. You shameless witch—you pushed my wife into the river and now you're slandering her, saying she faked her death! Lucky for you, she survived, or you'd be paying with your life!"The onlookers were stunned."She… came back from the dead?""Staged death? That's ridiculous. Why would anyone lie on the ground for so long in this crazy weather? All for some fake prize ticket?""Oh, maybe she just got lucky and came around on

"That's right," Elowen urged, stamping her foot in frustration. "Don't be so stubborn. We're doing this for your own good! It's just a prize ticket—if you end up in jail over it, that'll ruin your whole life. Think it through carefully!"I quirked a brow. "Just a prize ticket? Who do you think you are to say that with a straight face? If someone's willing to fake their death and frame me for it, stirring up such a huge scene, do you really think the prize is small? Mrs. Kingsley, you're old enough to know better—how can you lie through your teeth like that?"My merciless words drained the color from her face. She huffed and switched to the tone of a scolding elder. "Is this how you talk to your parents too, Garland? Is this how they raised you to be?""How my parents raised me is none of your business," I replied coolly. "But one thing's for sure—they taught me how to be a decent person. Can you say the same?"Felix, seeing his mother-in-law lose the argument, quickly pulled her as

"Fine. Since you insist that I'm a liar, I won't bother to argue anymore. The cops will be here soon, and when they arrive, whether she really drowned or not will come to light.""You think I'm afraid?!" Elowen jumped in fury. "I won't cower even in front of the police. You're a wicked woman who bullied my daughter, and I'm just a poor old lady trying to protect her. What could I possibly have done wrong?"Then, she squeezed out a few tears, hoping to win everyone's sympathy. Unfortunately for her, as more evidence surfaced and the logic began to fit together, people were clearly no longer as convinced by their story as they had been earlier.A thought suddenly struck me, and I hurried to say, "The footage from the sanitation worker's video might not be very clear, but think about it—someone who falls into the water by accident would instinctively struggle. But look at the video again. When she fell in, she was calm, not even a hint of struggle."My words instantly set off a wave o