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All Chapters of Realizing I’m the Villainess, I Chose to Die Alone: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

12 Chapters

Chapter 1

The comments scrolled wildly across my vision.[Huge plot twist. She actually rejected the proposal?][Don't tell me she found the diary the male lead hid in the cabinet?][You call that a diary? That's a love letter to the heroine!]It seemed every answer was in that diary.Back at the Lucchese estate, I all but ran into the study and found the diary.What was written inside turned me cold all over.So Viviana was the woman Victor had wanted and never had.She was the daughter of the Greco Family's Don.Every page poured out Victor's love for Viviana.So he had taken her to the safe house he had promised to share with no one but me.So, to help her win the fight to become the Greco heir, he had been willing to sacrifice his own Family's interests and hand over his most important asset, the South American route.So even the favor he swore belonged to me alone had never been mine.The diary laid bare the truth and tore open a bloody wound.I couldn't read any more. Slowly, I closed it.

Chapter 2

I was an orphan.I gave the world back the same coldness it gave me. There was no one I cared about.Until the year I turned sixteen, when I was caught by chance in a street war between mob families.It was Victor who threw himself in front of me, took the bullet, and saved my life.The smell of his blood filled the air.The moment my heart fluttered at the sight of his profile, I heard the system's cold voice for the first time.[Host has developed feelings of love. System activated. Mission initiated.][Mission: win over Victor Lucchese within ten years, or the host will be erased.]From that day on, I had someone I cared about.A violent stab of pain yanked me out of my memories and back to reality. I knew what it was: the system, draining the life out of me.I murmured to myself, "The villainess is about to die. That's the best ending there is."Victor would never again have to worry that I would hurt his beloved Viviana.And he would never again have to sacrifice himself, faking h

Chapter 3

Viviana was lying in the hospital bed, with Victor beside her.She saw me and gave a light wave. "Scarlett, long time no see."She was as radiant and striking as ever.Two big, dark eyes shone in a face of indescribable beauty.No wonder she was the woman Victor treasured most. No wonder she was the heroine of this story.I had barely finished greeting her when Victor said quickly,"Scarlett, Viv has a surgery coming up, but the hospital is out of Rh-negative blood."He looked me straight in the eye. "I remember you're Rh-negative."I froze, and my voice came out strained. "You want me to... donate blood for her?"Victor nodded without a second's thought.Viviana chided gently, "I told you, don't push Scarlett into it. Look how awful she looks."I lowered my head and hid the test report behind my back.Viviana pulled me down to sit beside her, wanting to chat.The instant I sat down, a wave of dizziness hit me.I fell against the edge of the bed by accident, brushing lightly against Vi

Chapter 4

[Victor's POV]After getting Viviana settled, Victor returned to Scarlett's room.The room was empty.Victor frowned, his gaze landing on the note on the bedside table.An inexplicable panic rose in him.He picked it up, and his pupils shrank to pinpoints."Victor, I'm leaving. I hope you'll be happy from here on out."Victor lost his composure completely and rushed out the door to find her.At the hospital entrance, he found a crowd gathered, all talking over one another."So tragic. So young, and just dropped dead. I heard she collapsed the second she stepped out the door.""They say she was a young woman, pretty too. Such a shame.""I know, she was getting her tests done right next to me a little while ago. Looked so miserable. Her name was... Scarlett?"Blood roared up into Victor's head, and his mind went blank.Just then, his phone rang.Hope flared in Victor's eyes, and he yanked out his phone.The next second, his expression froze.It wasn't Scarlett. It was Viviana calling.Vi

Chapter 5

[Victor's POV]Before him was the body of a woman he didn't know.Thank God. A false alarm. As long as Scarlett was safe, that was all that mattered.Victor let out a breath, telling himself Scarlett had probably just gone home ahead of him.He put Viviana out of his mind and had someone drive him back to the Lucchese estate.When Victor pushed open the bedroom door, the room was pitch dark.He softened his steps on instinct.Scarlett had looked so ill all day, and she had just given blood; she must be asleep by now.He didn't turn on the light, afraid he would wake her.In the dark, he stood at the door and let his eyes adjust bit by bit.As his vision cleared, he saw the bed was empty.Victor's brow furrowed slightly."Scarlett?"No one answered.He took two steps closer and reached out to touch the sheets.Cold. She hasn't come back at all..A nameless irritation flickered through him.It was so late. Where else could she be?He flipped the switch, and the whole room lit up at once.

Chapter 6

As the plane began its descent into Sicily, the setting sun was sinking slowly into the horizon over the sea.Thick orange-red clouds piled up where sea met sky, as if heaven itself were on fire.The blood-red countdown burned my eyes like fire too: 21 hours, 57 minutes.I looked out the window, and the corners of my lips curved faintly.At last, I had made it to Sicily after all.It was the place I had wanted to come to most in ten years.It was also the place Victor had promised to take me for our honeymoon.Orphan though I was, I knew both my parents had been Sicilian.Once, while Victor was out shopping with me, I stopped in front of a travel ad.An azure coastline, a white church, and seagulls wheeling across the sky.The Sicily on that poster looked so enchanting.Victor bent down and kissed my forehead."You like it?"I nodded."Just like they say. No Sicilian can ever truly leave Sicily."Victor laughed and ruffled my hair. "Once you're my Donna, we'll honeymoon there. What do

Chapter 7

I was woken by the gentle sunlight on my face.Before I even opened my eyes, the blood-red countdown was already floating in front of me.10 hours, 17 minutes.The numbers ticked quietly, like a dull blade pressed between my breaths.Yet all at once my heart went calm.Every second from here was so precious that I had no time left for grief.After washing up, I took a small booklet from the very bottom of my suitcase.The cover was worn now.It was the honeymoon plan Victor and I had made together three years ago.The first page: [Go to Sicily.]I picked up a pen and drew a light check mark beside it.The second page was the seaside church; the third was watching the Mediterranean sunset together...I turned through it page by page, like flipping through a memory already dead but still warm.The last page.[Marry Victor.]I looked at that line, smiled, and crossed it out with the pen.The paper gave a faint rustle, like the last words of everything Victor and I had been.I murmured to

Chapter 8

[Victor's POV]One day earlier.Victor stood in the study, gulping down whiskey.He had made thirty-seven calls in a row.Every one unanswered.The advisor knocked softly, lowered his head, and said timidly,"All our soldiers are out searching. No sign of the Donna yet."Victor didn't answer. He just stared at his phone screen.In that moment, he suddenly realized Scarlett wasn't "angry," and she wasn't giving him the silent treatment.She was disappearing.Slipping out of his world, little by little.He raised a hand and pressed the space between his brows. "Keep looking.""And..." the advisor added carefully, "the Donna's medical report just came in.""Why am I only hearing this now?" Victor said coldly. "Why did it take so long?""The hospital kept citing privacy. I had to pull three layers of favors just to get it...""Enough. Go, keep searching for her."Victor cut the advisor off and took the copy of the medical report.Unable to reach Scarlett, he had clung to one last thread of

Chapter 9

[Victor's POV]When the plane landed in Sicily, day was just breaking.Victor practically flew down the stairs.He had never been in such a hurry, and never been so afraid.The car raced toward the south shore.Beside him, the advisor kept refreshing Scarlett's location on the tracker."The last signal was at a seaside guesthouse, but that was already five hours ago.""Five hours." Victor repeated it, then added, "She wouldn't leave me."But the next second, even he didn't believe it.Before the car had fully stopped outside the guesthouse, Victor had already jumped out.He kicked the door open.The old owner stumbled back a step in fright."This girl, is she still here? Is she here?"Victor held up a photo of Scarlett, all but shouting the question.The old woman frowned. "She checked out.""When?""Three hours ago."A roar filled Victor's head, and his mind went blank.Like something had been pulled out of his body.He forced himself to stay calm."Did she say where she was going?"T

Chapter 10

I stood at the end of the beach, watching the seagulls soar over the water.The blood-red countdown ticked coldly in front of me: 17 minutes, 27 seconds.The setting sun was sinking slowly into the horizon.It wasn't only Sicily's sunset. It was mine too.The next second, footsteps came from behind me.Heavy. Urgent.Like someone had run all the way from the end of the world.I didn't turn. I knew who it was.He had found me after all. Victor.Victor stopped ten steps away and came no closer.As if one wrong step would lose me for good.When he spoke, his voice was hoarse. "S-Scarlett..."I glanced at him and said nothing.His throat bobbed. "Come home with me."I smiled. "Victor, leave me be."I looked straight into his eyes. "It's the last thing you can do for me."He faltered, then walked over and sat down beside me.I stood and turned to leave."Scarlett, I know you read my diary."My steps paused, then I kept walking."But I'm certain you didn't read all of it."My steps stopped.

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