Rewriting My Dark Fate With My Sworn Enemy Chapter 2

Right in front of Alex, Garrett reached into the bag.

He pulled out a Mac Spicy.

He ripped open the wrapper and took a huge, satisfying bite.

He grinned at Alex, his eyes full of meaning. “Free breakfast tastes great. Not everyone is an ungrateful jerk, you know.”

He then turned his head to me, drawing out his words.

“Thanks, Princess Hart.”

My heart hammered against my ribs.

I shot Garrett a grateful look. “You’re welcome.”

Alex scoffed, walking to his seat.

He subtly glanced into his desk drawer.

He immediately froze.

Finny bit her lip, looking from Alex to me, appearing utterly heartbroken.

I ignored both of them.

I walked back to my own seat and sat down, feigning composure, though I was completely deflated inside.

What a mess.

The comments filled the screen with question marks.

[Who is this loudmouth guy, and why is he talking to our hero and heroine like that?]

[Ugh, our sweet Finny is so upset! Of course, every evil side character has a jerk of a side-guy who defends her unconditionally.]

[This venomous witch! She definitely just used this method to get the hero's attention. She'll be disappointed, though.]

The comments was getting increasingly aggressive, but I managed to piece together the entire backstory.

This world was the setting for a decades-old, trope-filled romance novel.

It featured the whole spectrum: high school romance, broken hearts, a 'chase-the-heroine-and-burn-in-hell' arc, and a lot of emotional abuse.

The hero, Alex Donovan, was the long-lost son of an old-money New York elite family.

He’d met the heroine, Finny Cole, in an orphanage. They reunited in high school and were deeply in love, secretly pining for each other.

I, the villainous side character, wanted Alex because he was the campus hottie.

I repeatedly used money to ‘humiliate’ him, trying to force him into a relationship with me.

I also secretly targeted and framed Finny, forcing her to transfer schools in disgrace.

Alex never forgave me for that.

And so, after he was reunited with his elite family, the revenge began.

He systematically destroyed my family’s business. But that wasn’t enough.

He then forced me to marry him.

I was locked in a dark room, abused, physically and mentally, until I became a shivering, broken mess, begging for his attention like a dog.

It was at that point that Alex and Finny reunited. Their old flame reignited.

But Alex didn’t want Finny to know about my existence, or his dark side.

In the end, he burned me alive…

I shivered, pulling my eyes away from the screen, a cold dread creeping up my spine.

The way the comments described “me” and these events… it felt off.