My Dreamy Old Husband novel 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 this lawsuit.

At Harper’s mansion.

Xyla and Kayla were seated in the living room while chatting about a new movie.

“Sigh, Kayla, recently, there’s a newly premiered movie, which is particularly popular, 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!” Xyla commented enthusiastically with a magazine in hand.

Kayla 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 Kayla 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!”

Xyla shook Kayla 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?”

Xyla clung onto his arm playfully. “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 glasses on, and he was wearing a smart, formal suit.

Upon seeing him, Richard appeared extremely respectful. He welcomed 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 bigshot lawyer, Calvin Fields. He had never lost a lawsuit in his career. Hence, Mr. Fields was extremely popular among the rich and famous, and it was difficult to hire him even if money wasn’t a problem!

I wonder why this bigshot lawyer 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 glasses, but he did not take a seat. Instead, he took out several documents from his briefcase. “I’m here today to see Kayla Harper, also known as Miss Harper. She was involved in spreading rumors and slandering my client. It has caused tremendous repercussions toward my client’s reputation. My client has entrusted me to handle this lawsuit. May I know who Kayla Harper is?”

“What?” Kayla stood up abruptly from the couch. “What do you mean that I spread rumors and slandered your client?! What is going on?”

Richard and Xyla exchanged confused looks, and Richard asked Mr. Fields hastily, “How could Kayla possibly get involved in a lawsuit?”

Mr. Fields glanced at Richard coldly while handing Kayla several documents. “Miss Harper, last year, on 15th September, you paid off Dr. Clayton from Riverdale High School with 200,000 to frame my client, Miss Edwards, by claiming that she was pregnant. It severely damaged her reputation while resulting in irreversible harm for the society. Currently, my client has filed a civil lawsuit against you and Dr. Clayton. These are the relevant documents for your perusal.”

Kayla stared at the documents in Mr. Fields’ hand in disbelief. She accepted them and flipped through the documents in a hurry. It was a case report about Kayla allegedly spreading rumors about Sophia.

Richard scanned through the documents as well, and he saw the key points. ‘Kayla Harper allegedly paid 200,000 to Dr. Clayton 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 civil lawsuit 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…’