My cheeks instantly went red as he called me Crybaby.
Why the hell would he call me that? I'm no crybaby! More importantly, why am I blushing? Why is my heart leaping with joy? Why do I feel like the main character right now?
Everyone turned to look at me.
“Uh, hi,” I said a little awkwardly, raising my hand and waving a little.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, approaching us, and I couldn't help but avert my gaze to the floor.
Why am I shy? Why does he make me so pleasurably uncomfortable even though I've only met him once? I don't even know his name!
“Hello, Mr Gray.” He greeted, shaking hands with Lucas. “It's such a pleasure to meet you.”
“Likewise,” Lucas said stoically, shaking his hand. “I happened to be passing by the area and thought to check how things are going so far.”
Liar!
“Well, as you can see, everything is going so smoothly.”
Then, Liam got off the stool and walked towards us, his bare nipples flashing on my face.
“Hello, Mr Gray,” He said politely, offering his hand for a handshake with Lucas. “I've heard so much about you.”
“Same as I.” Lucas said, a little condescendingly, “I'm thrilled to have you as our brand ambassador.”
“Likewise, sir,” Liam said, and then his gaze flickered to me, making my heart skip a beat. The way he stared at me, made me feel a little turned on, and I began to blush despite myself. “Hello, Miss.” He said facing me. “I don't think we've made a formal introduction before. I'm Liam Pierce and you are?”
I went dry, and my heart began to pound. I don't know whether it was because there were three hot men in the room who made me feel pleasurably uncomfortable or because the plot was changing again.
He should have said that to Kate, not me!
“Hello, Liam!” Kate said excitedly, giggling like a fan girl. “I'm Kate Mendes. I'm such a huge fan of yours.”
Liam turned to her, only noticing her for the first time, “Oh! Senora, I didn't see you there.” Then he took Kate's hand and kissed it, “Nice to meet you too.” Then he gently dropped her hand while Kate still giggled, and then he took my hand, “You never told me your name.” And then he kissed it.
In the book, Liam was such a flirty charmer, a lady-killer in fact who only saw women as nothing but a tool to satisfy his lust after his terrible breakup with his girlfriend before he shot to fame. In the book, he changes his ways after meeting with Kate and begins to see women in a new light.
But he never even noticed Luna! None of the male leads ever noticed her! It was always Kate!
I remember this scene, he had kissed Kate's hand and Kate had blushed with excitement while Lucas stared with suppressed jealousy.
My eyes flickered to Lucas who was staring at us… wait… is that… is that jealousy that appeared in his eyes?
My eyes shifted to the photographer, whose name I still had no idea. His expression was unreadable, but I saw his jaw tighten a little.
Kate was still obviously happy that her favorite celebrity crush had just kissed her hand.
“Oh!” I immediately withdrew my hand, “I'm Luna. Nice to meet you.”
“Oh, Luna.” Liam said, tasting the name in his mouth, “Such a pretty name for a lovely girl.”
His eyes lingered on mine and I could see the spark. Those were the eyes of a man in love. A man in utter awe.
Those eyes were exactly the way that the Author had described them when he had met Kate in the book. But… I'm not Kate! I'm Luna!
“Okay, we're running late,” The photographer said, breaking the tension, “Liam, go sit down. We'll begin the photo shoot.”
“Sure thing.” Then he beckoned to his manager, who came scurrying, then he stretched out his hand, “My phone?” His manager gave him his phone and then he handed it to me, “Put your number there, sweetheart. I'll be back.” Then he gave me a sexy, kinky wink and walked to the photo backdrop.
In no time, the photoshoot had already begun.
I glanced at Lucas out of the corner of my eyes just to see that he was staring at me!
I hiccupped and quickly looked away in worry.
The whole plot is changing, and it's scaring me. Liam should have asked for Kate's number, not me. Lucas should have been staring at Kate with that expression of his, not me!
Am I… am I suddenly becoming the main character? No! Impossible! In the book, it was Kate Mendes. And Luna was the envious sadistic friend! Even the photographer wasn't even the way the photographer was described in the book!
If the whole plot changes, I won't know how to behave anymore!
Will I be stuck here forever?! But I want to go home! As much as I love staring at these hot dudes and their abs, I still want to go home!
I have a real life!
The photoshoot was done and all I wanted was to get out of here and collect my thoughts.
I checked Kate's phone number on my phone and quickly typed it on Liam's phone and then gave it to Liam's secretary. If the plots keep changing, then I will have to make things go back to the way they originally were.
I'm the villain, not the main character.
I know what will happen next; since the photoshoot was done, the photographer will suggest Kate changes and join in the photoshoot.
But staring at the photographer, I had the feeling that he wouldn't propose it, but Liam was staring at me, and I instinctively knew he might propose I join him.
But I beat him to it.
“Oh, Mr Photographer.” I called out, everyone’s attention came to me, “I know I'm no expert but I think Liam Pierce having a combined photoshoot with my friend here would be amazing.”
The photographer paused and turned his gaze to Kate, he raised his eyebrows then turned to look at me with a little smile on his face, revealing small sparkling dentures.
Damn! He's so fine!
“I think that's a really good idea.” He said, “Hello Miss, do you think you can think you can join in the photoshoot?”
Kate gasped and squealed in excitement, “Of course!”
I smiled to myself.
If the plot keeps changing, then I'll need to play Cupid.
The plot shouldn't change! It mustn't!
I'm supposed to be the villain. The sabotager. Not the cupid. But here I am, making sure things go the same way they were in the book just so it could end. Lucas Gray and his assistant, Alex were already gone after confirming things were going smoothly. The photoshoot was over and I was waiting for Kate to get changed… she had changed for the photoshoot… when the photographer walked up to me. “Never thought that I would see you again, Crybaby.” He teased, flashing me that hot smile of his. “It's Luna.” I corrected. “So tell me, was I really right?” He asked and I raised my eyebrows. “About what?” I asked although I knew what he was asking. “Is it true that your groom ditched you on your wedding day?” He asked. I rolled my eyes at him, “Yeah, shit happens.” “Are you okay?” He asked, his face etched with genuine worry. I shrugged. It isn't my life. Adrian Johnson sure wasn't my groom. I'm just filling in for a character who abandoned her role. So why wouldn't I b
I have always imagined my first kiss under the moonlight with my boyfriend if I finally found the perfect guy.Yeah, delusional, I know.I've always dreamt that I won't kiss any man unless he's going to marry me. Yes, my parents raised me that way.Even though I said relationship drains me, I've always wanted to get into one to experience what it feels like to have a ‘boyfriend.’ But I always rejected all men who showed interest in me because of the way I was brought up.But now, I'm getting my first kiss… and the man kissing me is none other than the reckless fictional character!But why can't I stop? Why can't I shove him away to the ground and curse him? Why does his lips taste so... so sweet? Why am I circling my arm around his neck? Is this what I've been missing all along? Is this what every man tastes like? Or is it because he isn't real that he tastes this sweet? Why am I opening my mouth and inviting his tongue in? Why does his hands around my waist make me feel so turned on?
“Hey Luna, where have you been?” Kate asked inquisitively as I stepped in, her countenance plastered with worry. “What happened? Why did you run off like that?” “Oh! Um…” What the hell do I tell her? “It’s nothing. I got a text that a friend of mine got into an accident but it turns out she was okay after all.” Kate regarded me suspiciously, disbelief written all over her face. “What friend? You don't have any friends, Luna, apart from me.” Oh shit, I totally forgot that Luna was a loner. A self-acclaimed loner. “Oh… um … yeah well, this was an old friend.” I said the first thing that came to my mind. “We grew up in the orphanage together and got separated when we came of age. I told you, didn't I?” “You did?” She asked. “Of course.” “Hmm… then I must have forgotten. You don't talk about the orphanage you grew up in a lot.” She said. “Oh, I do.” I replied, “You must have forgotten… like you said.” “I guess so.” She shrugging. I just gaslighted someone! Oh wow! “So, how did
“Why do you look so surprised?” His voice snapped me back to reality… or rather, this novel’s reality.“Oh, nothing.”“You look like you've just seen a ghost.” He uttered.Yes, it's the realization that the plot of the book is changing… because of you.“So, you live here.” He said, trying to initiate a conversation. “I didn't realize. And you work for Grey Enterprises, one of the best firms in town.”“Uh… I guess.”“So what's it like working for a man like Lucas Grey?”In the book, Lucas Grey was portrayed as a cold boss, you know, the typical cold boss you normally read about in office romance novels.He was reserved and was irritated by merely people's presence. Like those office romance novels, he had a bad relationship with his father, who had gotten married to his side chick the next week after his mom's fatal death in a car accident. The poor boy was just five. He grew up hating people.He hated noisiness, clumsiness, and incompetence. In the book, after he took over the company
So the plan is to get rid of Ethan. But how? How do I get rid of him? I've been thinking of it for the past week since our encounter and there is only one solution. I have to get my hands dirty. Which means I have to murder him. But I can't do that. Ew! Even if he's still a fictional character, he still feels… so real. I have a conscience. I was still drowning in my thoughts when I halted at the restaurant. Typical, novels have time jumps like “Two weeks later.” “The next day.” So today is Saturday and the rest of the week is blurred out. You must be wondering, how I spend my time during those “weeks/ days” that are blurred, right? I don't. Yesterday was Tuesday, so Saturday, just like how it happened in the novel. In this scene, I'm on a quest to ruin someone's relationship. Like I said, Luna Graves became a sadistic bitch after the wedding and ended up ruining the life and relationship of everyone around her. I opened the glass door and through. I found him sitting on th
After the cafe meeting, I strolled down the street, my mind reeling with plans on how to get rid of Ethan. My phone popped up a message and I paused to stare at the screen. “Hello, Senora. Been thinking about you. Can we meet up?” The text read. I didn't need a fortune teller to tell me who the texter was. It was Liam Pierce, he's acting out of character again. More importantly, how did he get my number? I tried to ignore the message when another one came in. This time it was from Kate. “Where are you? And when did you leave?” The text read. I left very early so Kate wouldn't see me dressed this way. “I'm on my way back. See you in a minute.” I texted back. I put the phone back into my handbag, and just as I began to walk again, a white vehicle suddenly pulled up in front of me. Two men wearing face masks burst out of the car and dragged me. “Hey, let go of me!” I screeched and screamed and flailing but the men were too strong for me. “Let go of me you assholes!”
The car was silent as we drove down the road.Every once in a while, Christopher turned to me to see how I was holding up.I still can't believe what the hell just happened. My arms and elbows still hurt like hell and I found myself still trembling from the shock of the gruesome incident.What if those men had turned something extremely unthinkable to me? What would have become of me? Will I die? Or return back to my world? I shuddered at the thought.Christopher didn't bother me with more questions after I refused to give him an answer.Somehow I felt safe around him. Was it because he was one of the male leads?“You still aren't gonna talk to me?” He asked out of the blue, turning his gaze towards me, “What happened? Why do you look like this?”I gave him no answer as I stared out of the window as we drove down the road.“I'm taking you to the hospital, and then I'll contact the police.” He uttered, returning his gaze to the road.“No, I don't want to go to the hospital,” I mumbled,
“Anna, where the hell have you been?” My parents exclaimed coming in for a hug, “We were worried sick!”I hugged them tightly, tears dripping from my eyes.Finally!I'm home!I knew it! I knew this was all some silly dream!“Anna!”I disentangled from the hug and turned to see my two little siblings standing at the door with their eyes full of tears.“Anna” They cried and ran to hug me.I embraced them.“We were so worried.” Josh, my only brother mumbled, his voice breaking. “We thought that something might have happened to you.”“How could you just go missing?” Barbie, my youngest sister cried out. “We were so worried!”“I'm finally home now.” I patted their back and ruffled their hair. “I'm not going anywhere.”God, I missed them so much!“We made your favorite dish.” My mom said, a smile of happiness and relief tugging at the side of her lips. “Come.”“Come, let's go.”My two siblings began to pull me towards the dining room.“Hey, wake up.” The voice halted me in my tracks and I
A Few Minutes Later I tried to get my mind off Ethan, but it was just impossible to.The image of him standing in his doorway, looking as hot as fuck was still etched in my memory.And then when he gave me that smirk… that dirty kinky smirk… I liked it.I liked those abs of his, that muscly firm chest, his nipples, his v-line, and the way he stared at me… oh God!I shuddered at my thoughts.Pure thought, Anna, pure thoughts. I've never fantasized about men like this before, not even in my real world. But here I am!He's the reason the plot is changing and I should be pondering on how to get rid of him but I'm here having sexual thoughts about him!I swung my foot off the bed and got to my feet.I'll have to try again. I'll have to face him. I have to get rid of him. I must!I made to step out of the apartment when my phone began to ring.I checked the caller ID, only to see that it was from an unknown number.“Yes, who's this?” I placed the phone on my ear.“Where are you Luna?” A f
The Next Day “Are you sure you're not gonna go?” Kate asked for the umpteenth time, jerking my arm. “No,” I replied firmly, pulling my attention back to the book I was reading. Hilarious. Reading a book inside a book! Who knows? I might end up transmigrating into this one! “Come on. Why would you not want to visit the kids you grew up with? They're your friends.” Kate asked. She's asking me to go to my class reunion. In the novel, Luna attends the class reunion but ends up causing trouble. A very big one. She let her sadism take over her. Luna wasn't only hated by the staff of the orphanage, but her fellow orphans discriminated against her. And as if that weren't enough, she was bullied at school with the nickname “Weirdo.”. She had no friends… no one. She just bore it all in silence. Until after the wedding, she snapped. The girl never had it easy. That's why I empathized with her despite being the villain. Maybe that's why she abandoned this role… because the author was to
And indeed, it was a long night.Throughout the meal, I noticed Lucas stealing glances at Chris and me. He was quiet, as usual, but his mere presence was unsettling.As the old slobs talked business, the three of us kept our mouths shut.I thanked the stars when the meal was finally over.I got to my feet, “I'll take my leave, Mr and Mrs Barnes. Everyone, thanks for the meal.”“You're not staying for dessert?” Mrs Barnes queried, looking up at me.“No, I'm afraid not.” I declined politely.“Such a shame.” She lamented, “I was hoping we could get to spend some time together.”“Maybe she'll come over when she gets the time,” Chris added, giving me a sly smile.“Yes, come over next time.”“It was really nice meeting you,” I said, feeling uncomfortable with the way they were all staring at me, including Lucas. “I will.”“Let me take you home.” Chris got to his feet and put his hand on my waist. I saw Lucas's jaw tighten a bit, but I might have been mistaken.Together, Chris and I left the
Chris and I stepped out of the room and headed down the majestic stairs, with Clyde trailing behind us.I felt my heartbeat palpitate as we stepped into the grand hall.When Chris said guests, I didn't expect that there would be dozens of them! No one needed to tell me that they were all business partners of the Barnes family. Rich annoying slobs!All eyes were pointed at me from every corner of the magnificent dining room, piercing into my fragile soul and I felt self-conscious and hurriedly averted my gaze to the floor.“Hi everyone.” Chris greeted “Mom, Dad, this is my girlfriend, the one I've been telling you about, Luna.”“Hello.” I managed to say but my voice didn't sound like mine. “It's an honor to be amidst all of you.”“Hello, Luna.” All of them chorused.“Please, take a seat, dear.” A woman whom I recognized from the description of the novel as Mrs Barnes urged me.“Thank you.”Chris and I moved to the table and took our seats.“Aw, she's so pretty.” One of them complimente
“Anna, where the hell have you been?” My parents exclaimed coming in for a hug, “We were worried sick!”I hugged them tightly, tears dripping from my eyes.Finally!I'm home!I knew it! I knew this was all some silly dream!“Anna!”I disentangled from the hug and turned to see my two little siblings standing at the door with their eyes full of tears.“Anna” They cried and ran to hug me.I embraced them.“We were so worried.” Josh, my only brother mumbled, his voice breaking. “We thought that something might have happened to you.”“How could you just go missing?” Barbie, my youngest sister cried out. “We were so worried!”“I'm finally home now.” I patted their back and ruffled their hair. “I'm not going anywhere.”God, I missed them so much!“We made your favorite dish.” My mom said, a smile of happiness and relief tugging at the side of her lips. “Come.”“Come, let's go.”My two siblings began to pull me towards the dining room.“Hey, wake up.” The voice halted me in my tracks and I
The car was silent as we drove down the road.Every once in a while, Christopher turned to me to see how I was holding up.I still can't believe what the hell just happened. My arms and elbows still hurt like hell and I found myself still trembling from the shock of the gruesome incident.What if those men had turned something extremely unthinkable to me? What would have become of me? Will I die? Or return back to my world? I shuddered at the thought.Christopher didn't bother me with more questions after I refused to give him an answer.Somehow I felt safe around him. Was it because he was one of the male leads?“You still aren't gonna talk to me?” He asked out of the blue, turning his gaze towards me, “What happened? Why do you look like this?”I gave him no answer as I stared out of the window as we drove down the road.“I'm taking you to the hospital, and then I'll contact the police.” He uttered, returning his gaze to the road.“No, I don't want to go to the hospital,” I mumbled,
After the cafe meeting, I strolled down the street, my mind reeling with plans on how to get rid of Ethan. My phone popped up a message and I paused to stare at the screen. “Hello, Senora. Been thinking about you. Can we meet up?” The text read. I didn't need a fortune teller to tell me who the texter was. It was Liam Pierce, he's acting out of character again. More importantly, how did he get my number? I tried to ignore the message when another one came in. This time it was from Kate. “Where are you? And when did you leave?” The text read. I left very early so Kate wouldn't see me dressed this way. “I'm on my way back. See you in a minute.” I texted back. I put the phone back into my handbag, and just as I began to walk again, a white vehicle suddenly pulled up in front of me. Two men wearing face masks burst out of the car and dragged me. “Hey, let go of me!” I screeched and screamed and flailing but the men were too strong for me. “Let go of me you assholes!”
So the plan is to get rid of Ethan. But how? How do I get rid of him? I've been thinking of it for the past week since our encounter and there is only one solution. I have to get my hands dirty. Which means I have to murder him. But I can't do that. Ew! Even if he's still a fictional character, he still feels… so real. I have a conscience. I was still drowning in my thoughts when I halted at the restaurant. Typical, novels have time jumps like “Two weeks later.” “The next day.” So today is Saturday and the rest of the week is blurred out. You must be wondering, how I spend my time during those “weeks/ days” that are blurred, right? I don't. Yesterday was Tuesday, so Saturday, just like how it happened in the novel. In this scene, I'm on a quest to ruin someone's relationship. Like I said, Luna Graves became a sadistic bitch after the wedding and ended up ruining the life and relationship of everyone around her. I opened the glass door and through. I found him sitting on th
“Why do you look so surprised?” His voice snapped me back to reality… or rather, this novel’s reality.“Oh, nothing.”“You look like you've just seen a ghost.” He uttered.Yes, it's the realization that the plot of the book is changing… because of you.“So, you live here.” He said, trying to initiate a conversation. “I didn't realize. And you work for Grey Enterprises, one of the best firms in town.”“Uh… I guess.”“So what's it like working for a man like Lucas Grey?”In the book, Lucas Grey was portrayed as a cold boss, you know, the typical cold boss you normally read about in office romance novels.He was reserved and was irritated by merely people's presence. Like those office romance novels, he had a bad relationship with his father, who had gotten married to his side chick the next week after his mom's fatal death in a car accident. The poor boy was just five. He grew up hating people.He hated noisiness, clumsiness, and incompetence. In the book, after he took over the company