02
It took me an afternoon to process everything.
I finally understood that the world I lived in was actually a romance novel.
Tina was the female lead, while I was the evil supporting character destined to be imprisoned to death by the male lead.
No wonder everyone who got close to Tina was drawn to her, as if the whole world revolved around
her.
There was too much information to take in today.
After showering that night, I opened my phone hoping to relax my mind a bit, only to see an onslaught of hateful comments.
All my social media accounts had been flooded. Netizens were defending Tina and criticizing me.
My ex-fiancé Ethan sent me a Snapchat message:
“Lily, don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. You’re just using these dirty tricks to try and force me to leave Tina and be with you.”
4:27 pm DS
pm;
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“Hah, all this trouble just to see me? Fine, you win. Meet me at the usual place Friday afternoon!”
I didn’t reply. I blocked him and turned off my phone screen.
The pop-up comments scrolled by:
“I’m not trying to whitewash her, but the villainess’s actions aren’t completely unreasonable. A proud princess of a wealthy family, overnight her parents, lover, and friends all became obsessed with another girl and ignored her. I’d go crazy too if I were her.”
“The villainess is beautiful and rich, why does she keep losing to the female lead who can’t even tell Word from Google Docs? This stupid novel has no logic…”‘
up the “If I were the author, I’d slap some sense into the female lead, punch the male lead twice, lock villainess with the psycho second male lead, and not let them out of the basement until they have 8 kids. How’s that?”
”
Not good at all.
After calming down, I prepared for bed. Just as I took off my underwear, the bedroom door suddenly opened.
Noah’s gaze
traveled up and down my body.
I quickly grabbed my robe and covered myself.
“Sorry, you didn’t lock the door.”
Noah stared at me intently, his Adam’s apple bobbing. Black scales flickered across his skin.
Incubi involuntarily reveal their true form when aroused…
The word “Get out” was on the tip of my tongue.
But I saw the pop-up comment:
“I can already guess the villainess is going to say ‘get out’ with a look of disgust on her face. What a waste of a good woman. This is how the second male lead’s love gets eroded bit by bit.”
4:27 pm D
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“Lily, be gentler with your husband! If you slap him now, your mouth is going to suffer greatly in that basement later. Split lips are very painful, you know.”
Warned by the pop-up comments, I quickly changed my tone and gave Noah a slight smile:
“It’s okay, hon-”
Noah was about to leave the room but stopped in his tracks. His eyes darkened as he waited for me
to finish.
Damn, it was those pop-up comments constantly saying “hubby” that threw me off…
“Hurry up and say it! One ‘hubby’ and he’d give his life for you. The female lead would be nothing.”
“Can we not make the second male lead sound so cheap? After three years of cold violence, he definitely hates the villainess more than he loves her. Besides, didn’t you guys forget? The second male lead imprisoned the villainess to death to protect the female lead.”
The pop-up comments split into two arguing factions.
I raised an eyebrow, wanting to test the validity of this information. I decided to flirt a bit:
“Noah, do you think I have a nice body?”
“It’s alright.” The man lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable.
“You stubborn idiot, you won’t get a wife by being so tight-lipped. No wonder the villainess still likes the male lead after marrying you for so long. You kind of deserve it.”
“Is it just me or does the villainess suddenly not seem to hate the second male lead anymore? Are we evil couple shippers finally getting some good content??”
Not giving up, I took a step forward and teased: “How would you know if you haven’t looked properly?”
“I don’t need to look.” Noah replied coldly, but his fingertips involuntarily curled, the joints turning slightly pink as he nearly tore holes in his pants.
I never noticed before how cute this man looked when he was shy.
4:27 pm;
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I noticed Noah’s collar was messed up and reached out to fix it for him.
“Don’t touch me.” A cold warning sounded above my head.
Harsh.
I froze, remembering the arguing pop-up comments from earlier.
It made sense. I had never shown Noah any kindness these past three years. Meanwhile Tina was like a little sun, always warmly encouraging him to overcome his trauma.
It was normal for Noah to hate me.
I laughed self-deprecatingly and withdrew my outstretched arm: “Remember to close the door on your way out. I’m going to sleep.”
The man closed the door, but instead of leaving, he walked towards me step by step.
His breathing grew increasingly hot and heavy, his eyes reddening from the effort of holding back.
I finally realized something was wrong: “Noah, what’s wrong? Do you have a fever?”
Pop-up comment:
“More accurately, he’s in heat… Noah, don’t fall too hard! The villainess was just casually flirting, and you’ve already triggered your mating season early.”
“Mating season?” I muttered to myself.
How did I never know Noah had a mating season in our three years of marriage?
Pop-up comment: “The villainess is so clueless, she actually thought the second male lead was asexual. Hello, he’s an incubus! Plus you have an amazing body and the best looks in the whole book. He just didn’t want to force himself on you.”
“During previous mating seasons, Noah would steal one of your worn clothes and hide away, not letting you see him.”
“Speaking of those clothes, they’re in quite a pitiful state now, nearly worn through by the well-endowed second male lead…”
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I stared blankly at the scrolling comments, feeling like I was looking at a screen full of censored
text.
So earlier when he didn’t let me touch him, was it because of his mating season?
Noah buried his face in the crook of my neck, nuzzling back and forth restlessly.
His pale skin flushed red with desire, weakening his usual aloof aura.
Before, I had been so focused on getting back at Tina and trying to win back Ethan that I never really looked at Noah properly.
I didn’t realize this man could be so breathtakingly handsome.
His features were even more exquisite than those of TV stars.
