I Was Written to Love the Male Lead, But I Chose the Villain Instead (Sweet & Spicy Romance Short Reads Book 8)

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One day, I opened my eyes and found myself inside a tragic romance novel.Not as a side character.As the heroine.A voice followed.The System.It gave me one mission:Win over the male lead.That was the only way out.Fail, and I would be erased…or forced to relive the story forever.------I spent seven years winning over Sebastian Hale.I stayed by his side from the time he was a rebellious teenager in Brooklyn, New York, living in a rundown rental apartment, to the day he became a composed, self-made man running his own investment fund in Manhattan, strong enough to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.He used to sit on rooftops with cheap beer and bad music.Now he makes me cappuccino every morning.And today—he finally proposed.His eyes were filled with tenderness and love. Between his long fingers was a five-carat diamond ring from Tiffany & Co.“Isabella, will you marry me?”Tears slipped from the corners of my eyes.Not just because of his proposal.Because of the mission I had pursued for seven long years, success was finally within reach.Heart pounding, I opened my mouth.“I’m willing—”“No. I’m not willing!”A sudden electronic voice rang out beside my ear, sharp and metallic, like steel striking steel in a server room.I froze.That voice… wasn’t it the System that had glitched and disappeared three years ago?Before I could even process the shock, the next sentence nearly made me drop the engagement ring.A piercing warning blared:“Host, you targeted the wrong person!I told you to win over the male lead. How did you end up capturing the best actor in the story, the sickly obsessive villain who excels at pretending?” Read more