My Childhood Friend Stole My New House のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 9

"Hah, listen to you. Who are you trying to scare?"Sebastian smirked in disdain."I almost forgot that you're some big-shot lawyer. Who knows which old woman's bed you crawl out of every day, and then you come here to throw your weight around at ordinary people like us."A flicker of panic crossed Willa's eyes. She tugged at his sleeve."There are so many people here. Don't go too far."Sebastian shook her off roughly and said unhappily, "What? Do you feel bad for him?"Am I wrong? He secretly opened our door today. Wasn't it just to get close to you?"Meredith chipped in too."Exactly. Just look at him. He's one of those pretty boys who'll do anything, and he lives off seducing rich women."The others joined in. Their insults were getting uglier by the second.What made it even worse was that Sebastian kept insisting this was his house.The anger in my chest surged violently. My expression darkened as I warned, "According to criminal law, spreading obscene rumors and trespa

The property manager soon arrived.Seeing more than thirty people surrounding me, he immediately realized how serious the situation was and quickly asked what had happened."The registered owner of this unit is Ms. Willa Scott."The property manager looked me up and down."I think I've seen you more than once. You were going in and out with different female owners."That single sentence set the crowd into an uproar.The neighbors, who were influenced by constant embellishment from several of the Judd family relatives, all started seeing me as some disgraceful homewrecker."Shameless jerk. No wonder he ran straight into the group of women earlier. He's clearly a repeat offender.""Exactly. This is outrageous. As residents, we should stick together and deal with jerks like him."The insults and curses came wave after wave. The crowd grew more and more agitated. The situation was on the verge of spiraling out of control.No matter how hard I tried to explain, no one would listen

As a lawyer, I'd seen plenty of people who were unreasonable and made baseless accusations, but facing this myself still made me tremble with rage.The rage in my chest surged uncontrollably.I turned directly to the neighbors who didn't know the truth and dropped to my knees. I pleaded through tears, "Most of you must have elderly family members, or at least know someone with heart disease. How could my dad be faking something like this? Even if there are doubts about my situation today, my dad is innocent. Please, help me call an ambulance."I'll stay here and face them if I have to, but his life comes first. Someone here must understand that no one would joke about their own dad's life."I had no other choice. The crowd had been completely misled by Willa and Sebastian. Their anger toward me had reached its peak. This was the only way I might get a sliver of hope.But the Judd family, led by the two of them, still burst into laughter."Haha! Why aren't you threatening us with

Sebastian immediately lost it and started arguing loudly with the crowd."You're all talking nonsense! That property deed was brought by Ryan's mom. How could it be fake? If anyone forged it, it was his mom!"Willa didn't even think before echoing him."Exactly! If there's a problem with the deed, it's Mrs. Harris' fault. It has nothing to do with my mom."She had clearly slipped up in her panic. She contradicted herself just to keep her mother out of it.I snorted."Willa, let's not talk about who forged the deed for now. Where did you get that property transfer agreement? I never signed anything."Do you dare go with me to have the signature authenticated? We can even bring everyone along to watch so neither of us can bribe the authorities."I could say that confidently, but she couldn't. Sweat instantly formed on her forehead. She began stuttering."W-What authentication? I-It's your signature. I-It can't be fake."While speaking, her eyes darted around nervously. It was a