Semua Bab Keep Scratching My Car, I'll Keep Leveling Up: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Walter Lambert, an old man walking his dog nearby, called out, "That's a Rolls-Royce Phantom! There are only a few in the whole country!"Dexter Welch, the security guard at my apartment complex, froze for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Are your eyes failing you? A Rolls-Royce? In pink?"He smacked Walter's hand away when the old man tried to stop him. "This wretched woman is that Toyota Corolla driver. She probably slapped a fake exterior onto some cheap junk car. Did you actually fall for it?"Dexter's shove sent Walter staggering backward. Walter's face flushed with rage, and his finger trembled as he pointed at Dexter. "Young man, you just damaged someone else's property! You could go to jail for that!"Dexter spat on the ground. "Mind your own business, old man. What did she give you? I figured it out long ago. You hang around downstairs every morning just to stare at her legs!""You're absolutely unreasonable!" Walter shouted. He clutched his trembling Pomeranian t

Before the officer could take the memory card, Dexter lunged forward and snatched it away, hurling it down onto the concrete floor. He crushed it under the heel of his leather shoe until the plastic casing shattered into pieces.Dexter shrugged. "What memory card? I didn't see anything."Jim immediately supported his claim. "I didn't see it either. Officer, she's having another episode and keeps insisting there was some kind of card."The officer frowned but ultimately wrote only a single line in the report, stating that both parties had failed to reach an agreement.Before leaving, the officer pulled me aside and whispered, "Miss, you're not completely innocent in this either. He's just doing his job. Don't take things so seriously. Just let this one go.""How far should I let it go? Until he breaks down my door and rapes me?" I asked.The officer's expression stiffened. He said nothing more, got in his car, and drove off.…Early the next morning, I headed downstairs to the u

At exactly 8:00 am the next morning, I pushed open the building door, and everyone who saw me stopped in their tracks. I wore a tailored black suit with my long hair pinned neatly at the back of my head, and my four-inch stilettos clicked loudly against the bluestone tiles with every step.Dexter spotted me from a distance and let out a wolf whistle. "Oh, what's with the fancy outfit today? Are you going to see your old sugar daddy? Have him give you more money so you can fix that crappy car of yours!"I walked straight past the security booth without turning my head or slowing down.Feeling ignored, Dexter cursed angrily and stormed out of the booth after me. "Stop right there! I'm talking to you!"After taking two steps, he stopped for no clear reason. The sight of my tall figure dressed in black suddenly made him uneasy.…At 9:00 am, Jim sat in his office with his feet propped up, playing a game on his phone. Suddenly, the internal landline rang. The caller ID showed an exten

Suddenly, the women screamed from the balconies above, followed by the sound of cups shattering onto the ground.Dexter, kneeling on the ground, suddenly clutched my heels with both hands and wailed, "Ms. Stanton, I really know I was wrong! It's all my brother-in-law's fault! Jim was the one who told me to do all this!"He said you were just a woman from out of town with no connections and that I could bully you however I wanted. He said if I drove you out, we could buy your apartment at a low price. Please let me off just this once! I have a wife and kids to support! I'm begging you!"As he cried, he slapped himself hard across both cheeks over and over. Sharp smacks rang out, and blood soon seeped from the corner of his mouth.I pulled my foot back in disgust and took half a step backward. "When you threw my takeouts in the trash, why didn't you think about your wife and kids? When you led people to pound on my door in the middle of the night, and when you pinned me against the w

I glanced at the flood of pleading messages on my phone screen and immediately left the group chat without saying a word.At 2:00 pm, the resident who had led the charge in posting my photos and spreading rumors in the group chat was in a meeting at his company. The attorney Jared had sent personally delivered a sternly worded legal letter to him in front of his manager and all his colleagues.The meeting was cut short on the spot, and his department manager called him into the office for a private discussion right away. Their conversation lasted less than ten minutes.He ended up resigning voluntarily on the grounds that the company couldn't keep an employee who posed serious legal and ethical risks.Meanwhile, the permed-haired woman who had stuck that filthy note on my door and torn my blouse was at a card club, bragging to her friends about how she had taught the troublemaker in the building a lesson.Two officers pushed the door open and walked straight up to her. "Are you Ba