She snaps a cheating couple at a five-star hotel—and the world goes black. When she opens her eyes, her feed is gone, her phone dead, and she’s wearing a cheap dress in a village she’s supposed to have lived and died in years ago. Alyssa Mustafa—modern, sharp-tongued, and a former paparazzo—wakes inside Evie Hayes, the forgotten foil of a decades-old romance novel: the “villainess” everyone loves to hate. Worse, Evie’s life is a trap built to elevate the book’s beloved heroine. But Evie isn’t empty-handed. A blinking system and a hidden space full of impossible items answer her first frantic commands. She starts small: expose the cheating, heal a broken leg, slap a liar with proof. Then she learns the space holds more than comforts—minor curses, quick medicines, and one rule: use the system through action, not exposition. As rumors spread, enemies collapse in public humiliation, and a silent rescuer—Gunner Bell—keeps showing up right when she needs him. This time, Evie won’t be the stepping-stone. She’ll be the storm. With a system that rewards bold moves and a village ready to gossip, Alyssa will turn slander into ammunition, unmask the true puppeteer, and rewrite the part she was supposed to play.
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