Inside a beautiful room, on a round-shaped bed, a girl lay motionless.
The girl looked breathtakingly beautiful. Slowly, her eyes began to open.
She looked around and thought in confusion—
"Where… where am I? I remember being with Leah… where is she?"
Yes—this was Tessa.
She slowly sat up and glanced all around.
"Where am I? This doesn't look like a hospital… then what is this place?"
Her eyes suddenly caught the mirror in front of her.
She stared at the reflection and whispered—
"Who is this girl…? She's so beautiful… gosh, I wish I looked like her!"
She placed her hand on her chest, still staring.
Then a strange thought struck her.
"Wait… this face looks familiar…"
She narrowed her eyes and tried to remember. After a few seconds—
"Oh my God… this is her! This is the villain Selene… from the story I read last night!"
Her breath hitched.
"Wait—don't tell me… I've become Selene?!"
Tessa rushed to the mirror, staring at her reflection intensely.
She lifted one hand. The reflection lifted one hand.
She lifted the second hand. The reflection copied her exactly.
After a few moments of silence—
"Nooooooo!"
"Oh God, why this injustice? What did I do wrong? If You wanted to send me to another world, at least send me as the heroine—not the villain!"
She dropped to her knees, crying bitterly.
⭐ A few hours later…
Tessa—now Selene—sat on the bed, wiped her tears and said:
"Fine. If I've got a new life, I'll live it my way."
"I will NOT repeat the mistake Selene made. And even if I do… I definitely won't end up like her."
She remembered how Selene desperately tried to get Daniel Raizada, the male lead,
doing everything wrong—schemes, jealousy, manipulation.
And how she tortured the actual female lead, Mia.
Mia was Selene's cousin. After Mia's parents died in a car accident,
Selene's mother adopted her when Mia was 12 and Selene was 10.
There were many things ahead in the story—
twists, dark secrets, betrayals—
but Tessa would discover them one by one.
⭐ Note:
From now on, Tessa will be called Selene.
Selene thought, "Where exactly is the story right now?"
She focused hard and memories flooded in:
Yesterday Mia had accidentally broken Selene's bracelet—
the one given by her grandfather.
In anger, Selene slapped Mia.
Her mother witnessed it and slapped Selene in return.
Even her three elder brothers scolded her badly.
Feeling lonely and rejected, Selene swallowed sleeping pills.
Remembering all this, tears filled Selene's eyes.
She whispered:
"No wonder Selene turned into a villain…
Her own family pushed her toward darkness."
"If they had guided her, loved her… maybe she wouldn't have become like this."
She stood up, smirked, and said:
"Well… now I'll show them what Tessa—oops, I mean Selene—really is."
Her eyes sparkled with mischief.