I am the vicious villainess who abandoned the superstar actor when he was down. Three years after I fled the country, he's conquered the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, I'm a washed-up nobody. Just as I was debating whether to return, text started scrolling before my eyes: [Help! Go back now, sis! The male lead misses you so much his pillow is soaked every night.] [Not just the pillow! The sheets too! You know what I mean, sis, and it's not tears.] [The male lead is fully recovered, physically and... otherwise. Don't worry, sis, your future happiness is secured.] [Don't you remember how you two were inseparable in that rental apartment?] [Don't worry. Just crook your finger, and he'll come running like a puppy.] 1 The night Julian Thorne announced his relationship, our three names exploded on the trending search. I never thought I'd share a headline with Julian again. After all, since I heartlessly dumped him three years ago, we'd cut all ties. I stared at the trending topics in a daze. I never imagined our "reunion" would be this awkward. Especially since it was his relationship announcement. The partner was the current top starlet, Ivy Miller. And I, sandwiched between them, looked like a joke. Julian is red-hot right now. It's normal for his dating history to be dug up. So now, I'm the target of everyone's scorn. At Julian's lowest point, I, his girlfriend, abandoned him without hesitation. Fans from both sides united to blast me to the number one trending spot. This is the most searched I've ever been in my career. Of course, it's all hate. And some people just enjoying the drama. [Yo yo yo, didn't this girl hook up with a sugar daddy and run abroad to live the high life? Why so quiet now?] [Scarlett Reed thought dumping Julian would launch her international career? Didn't expect to not even touch Hollywood's door after all this time.] [So washed up she's clinging to the movie king? Hilarious, does she think she's the 'white moonlight'?] [Ignore her, sisters. This trending topic was obviously bought by a scheming woman; just a has-been trying to get traffic.] [Exactly!! Today is Julian and Ivy's announcement day, and here she is dancing around. Speechless.] [Help, can the ex let my brother go? If it wasn't for being with you back then, would he have been so miserable?!] 2 Scrolling through the screen full of hate posts, I was speechless too. They call me washed up, so where would I get the money to buy trending topics? But the comments did get one thing right. The one flourishing after leaving Julian wasn't me. Indeed. Once I left, Julian's tragic first half of life was rewritten. Found by his wealthy biological parents, acknowledged by his ancestors, then spotted by a big director and shooting to fame. Without me, he finally lived the life a male lead should. And met the heroine who would save him. And I, who abandoned him, am now too poor to afford food. Karma's a wheel, huh? I wanted to ignore the endless hate trends. But the heat wouldn't die down. One topic even surpassed Ivy's official announcement post in likes. Some damn marketing account applied the famous "library thirty seconds" trope to Julian and me. [Julian, in the thirty seconds of announcing your relationship with Ivy, were you hoping for a lifetime with her, or reminiscing about the whispers with Scarlett in that rental apartment?] I sucked in a cold breath. They really want me dead. 3 I was speechless. And my agent was urging me to return. "Scarlett, if you don't come back, you'll be sleeping on the streets with the homeless." But returning now would look like blatant clout chasing. I'd only get scolded worse. My agent dismissed it. "So what? Is it worse than starving?" As I hesitated, a stream of text suddenly floated before my eyes: [Help, what are you thinking, sis? Rush back home now!] [So what if he announced? The puppy still loves you.] [The deeper the hurt, the deeper the love.] [Ahhhh, go back quickly, sis! I've had enough of the naive, sweet heroine.] [I love a villainess with brains and ambition who slays the whole book. Men are just stepping stones for your success.] I was confused. I'm the villainess? A villainess who abandoned the male lead, was vain and unscrupulous, and ended up losing everything? But why are the comments praising me? Shouldn't they be spitting on me? Scolding and cursing me? Why is everyone whitewashing me? And it's impossible for Julian to be like the comments say. He hates me too much. How could he love me? With his current status in the industry, crushing me would be effortless. But I can't survive abroad anymore. Calculating it all, it's death either way. I decided not to struggle and just bought a ticket home. 4 This is the era where traffic is king. Whether it's hate or love, as long as there's heat and topics, collaborations will come knocking. However, I didn't expect the first drama I'd get after returning would have Ivy Miller as the female lead. Julian's girlfriend. I understood the production team approached me because of the heat surrounding this. Otherwise, a washed-up actress ignored for three years like me wouldn't even land a web series. Only, taking this means getting roasted to crisp. Sure enough, on the day of the announcement, I was sprayed to the top trend again. [Never seen such a shameless woman. Want to be famous that badly? What about your parents?!] [Probably doesn't have any.] [Lol, vicious second female lead. She's just playing herself.] [Poor Ivy baby, leeched off-screen, bullied on-screen.] [Can't the production find any other actresses?] [Where's Julian? Just watching this? Tell Scarlett to get out of the industry.] [Passerby here, kinda looking forward to Julian's reaction when he visits the set.] [Fans, step up, take more set photos and we'll know.] I swiped through the screen casually; all trash talk spraying me. Unbearable to look at. Until those words caught my eye: [What do you guys think Julian is thinking right now?] I froze. Took a deep breath and lay on the bed, staring into space. What would he be thinking? [Silly sister, thinking of you, of course.] I saw the comments again. [Sis, with your methods, do you even need to wonder?] [Stand in front of him and you'll know. Stop thinking useless thoughts.] [Hehe, men just love to pretend. Sis, believe it or not, the moment your plane landed, his heart landed too.] [So exciting, begging for a tutorial on training dogs, Sister Scarlett.] God. What exactly did I do to Julian later? Why are there such explicit descriptions? My face flushed red. Heart racing. No. He clearly hates me. I can still never forget the shattered look in Julian's eyes in the rain that year. He begged me humbly, "Scarlett, don't go." "I'll get better, I'll earn lots of money, please don't go." Back then, I only had eyes for wealth and fame. And the crippled Julian couldn't give me any of that; he would even drag me down. I coldly shook him off, my gaze falling on his legs that couldn't stand. "Stop dreaming, Julian." His lips trembled at my words, and he didn't say another word to keep me. Then he watched helplessly as I got into the Maybach and drove away. Such betrayal is fatal to any man. He would only hate me. Every minute, every second.
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