How I would react if I were transported into a romance novel as the villain

how I would react if I were transported into a romance novel as the villainess

"Since you and Elliot are in love, I'll step aside. Let's call off the engagement." Serena forced herself to hold back the bitterness in her heart.

The room fell into a deathly silence.

The bullet comments began to scroll wildly:

["What's going on? Did the villainess just have a change of heart?"]

["Is she faking it? She must have some ulterior motive!"]

["I bet she's brewing another scheme!"]

Serena smiled wryly. Her engagement to Elliot had been a business arrangement from the start. But she had fallen hopelessly in love with him, until he met Selene, a poor college student working part-time jobs.

"Serena, do you know what you're saying?" Elliot frowned. "The collaboration between our families..."

"I'll explain it to my father," Serena said, struggling to sit up. "I believe your family's current strength doesn't need the support of my family anymore."

She turned to Selene with a genuine smile. "Selene, I know I've made life difficult for you all these years. From now on, I won't stand in your way anymore."

Selene was stunned. She had imagined countless ways Serena might react, but never this.

The bullet comments continued to flood the screen:

["The plot's taking a turn I didn't expect!"]

["Is this what they call a 'character awakening'?"]

["If she's really let go, maybe she can have a good ending?"]

At that moment, Serena's phone rang. It was her father calling.

"Serena, are you at the hospital?" Her father's voice sounded strange. "Your mother... she had a heart attack. She's in emergency surgery now!"

Serena's face turned ashen.

In the original plot, her mother's heart attack had been triggered by the company's bankruptcy. But now that the story had started to change, why was this still happening?

**Warning! Major plot anomaly detected!**

A line of red text suddenly flashed before Serena's eyes.

Did this mean that even if she changed her attitude, she couldn't escape her predetermined fate?

Serena ignored her injuries and yanked the IV out of her hand. "I'm on my way!"

Elliot instinctively tried to stop her. "Your injuries..."

"Get out of my way!" Serena shoved him aside. "Elliot, if anything happens to my mother, I swear I'll never forgive you!"

["OMG! This is the plot I remember!"]

["Something feels off here..."]

["Do you think someone's pulling the strings behind the scenes?"]

Serena stumbled out of the hospital room, knowing the true test had only just begun. In this manipulated world, she had to find the key to changing her fate!

Serena arrived at the hospital to find her mother out of danger. Seeing her mother's frail figure on the hospital bed, she silently vowed to rewrite her destiny.

The next morning, she arrived at the classroom early. According to the original plot, today she would "discover" her diamond necklace in Selene's desk and accuse her of theft.

Sure enough, as soon as she sat down, she noticed her makeup bag now contained a sparkling diamond necklace— a birthday gift from her father last week, worth a fortune.