Superstar

Chapter 1: Rainfall

The pitter-patter of rain was the only sound I could hear.

I stared as their backs faded into the distance before smiling to myself. So this is what it feels like to be abandoned?

Very Well...

If you want to play that game, then let's play.

I flicked my silver hair back before walking away. An umbrella was held over me and worried eyes silently stared. 

At least you will always be helping me, Matthew.

"Naomi, are you alright?"

His voice rang loudly in the quiet night, accompanied by the musical rain. 

"The best I've ever been, Matthew. Let's go home."

With that, we walked through the rainfall and into my penthouse.

I dismissed Matthew as soon as we arrived and stayed in my room. I stared at my hands. 

If you knew what I was capable of then would you have dared to leave me?

But you don't, so you dared.

Margaret, you have better watch out.  

~~~

Everyone loves the fairy tale about the prince sweeping a princess off her feet. Yet, what if the prince had a fiancee? She would be cast aside and forgotten. 

That was me. The forgotten fiancee. The one that they threw scornful looks at it. The one who never had anything going her way.

Yet, I've never done anything to her before. The only thing I did was get in the way of her marrying my man.

So why not be the villainess that everyone hates?

I'll shine brighter than her. I'll become better than her. I'll be my own superstar. 

~~~

My family was a treacherous one as all rich families were. Margaret was my younger sister. A girl praised to be kind, gentle, and forgiving. 

I was known to be cold and business-like. I had been named the heir to the company for years. 

My fiancee betrayal meant that I would lose some support in the company but I had my own cards in hand.

I sat in my office leisurely holding my phone.

"Sakura. I want a report of the designs for my Space System."

"Okay, Naomi! Scanning...Designs found...Reporting..."

Sakura was a robot I had designed months ago. It had taken years to build the internal systems but my work has paid off. 

Sakura was now a fully functional robot capable of accessing satellites, security cameras and anything digital. 

Her self learning system allowed her to become her own entity and she looked no different from anyone else except for the mechanical panel in the back of her head. 

"Space System has been fully completed! The prototype is a three by three-meter space. It's really tiny. Maybe it could fit some jewelry and a bookshelf? Err...The complete design has increased the space to fifteen by fifteen meters. Should be able to fit a car."

"My personal design?"

"Naomi! Your design has the biggest space! It's thirty by thirty meters!"

"Alright. Book a public venue so we can showcase news about our new prototype. Invite reporters and spread some rumors about what the prototype is."