Villainess Is Retiring Novels & Stories

“I won’t be the villain alone.” “You’re making yourself the villain. Not Ariana. You.” “Then I’ll be the best villain they’ve ever seen.” She starts typing. “Camille’s next article drops Wednesday. ‘The Dark Side of Ariana Vale: Former Colleagues Speak Out.’ Complete with anonymous testimonials about her ambition. Her manipulation. Her calculated climb.” “Those testimonials are lies.” “They’re narratives. And narratives are more powerful than truth.” She hits send. “There. Done. Scheduled to publish in forty-eight hours.”

She smiled softly at me, her eyes beaming with sincerity, reassuring my doubts and clearing up the negativities in my mind. "... thank you, Joewella" I mumbled while plastering a smile on my face. In this world, Joewella is my first ally. She is the only one Victoria could trust and lean on. Only her. So why do I feel a hidden presence somewhere? Like a rat lurking around the corner. I lifted the scissors inside the kit and impulsively threw it with all my might towards the window, stabbing the oak tree without looking.

“Do you swear to tell the truth?” Vivienne looked up. “I’ve already lost everything to lies. I swear.” The judge nodded. “Proceed.” Isolde didn’t flinch. “Vivienne, you were known inside Velvet by many names. Most famously, ‘Eve.’ Was Dominic Wade your handler?” Vivienne paused. “Yes.” “Was he your captor?” “No,” she said, “he was… my enabler.” The room hushed. Vivienne turned to the jury. “I was already broken before Velvet. That place didn’t make me a victim it weaponized me. Wade gave me access. But others gave me orders. And they were bigger than Velvet.”

This is what it looks like when someone actually has your back. CHAPTER 69 (Vivienne's POV) The calls stop coming entirely within forty eight hours. The film role is recast within a week, quietly, without acknowledgment of why. Two brands drop their endorsement deals citing routine portfolio review. Vivienne sits alone in her apartment surrounded by the architecture of a career she spent a decade building and watches it disassemble itself with the same patience she once used to build it. She does not cry. She is not built for that kind of softness. She simply begins, methodically, to think about what comes next, because women like her do not disappear. They relocate.

“Because she doesn’t get to rewrite our story again.” The words landed like a vow. Vivienne leaned into him, resting her head against his shoulder. He wrapped an arm around her instinctively. They stayed like that longer than they should have. ⸻ The call came just before midnight. Vivienne stood frozen in the center of her penthouse, phone pressed to her ear, listening as Elise spoke through tears. “They’re terminating my contract,” Elise said. “Effective immediately. Security walked me out.” Vivienne’s breath left her in a rush.

It was even rumored that her upcoming movie would help her win multiple best actress awards. Why would she be retiring now? News of her retirement skyrocketed to first place on the trending topic list. Hundreds of thousands of people commented on it. Seeing the news on her phone, Serenity could still hardly believe it. When she saw Jenny Hall at the convention, Jenny Hall was still a star in the spotlight, but she was now forced to leave the industry. "Are you looking at the news about Jenny Hall?" Serenity heard Jackson ask. "It popped up on my feed. It's #1 on Trending right now," said Serenity.

She's definitely going to make Vivian's life a living hell! A smile tugged at my lips as I splashed the champagne in my glass straight into the lead socialite's face. "Since when did any of you earn the right to bully someone under my protection?" The women's faces turned green with embarrassment and anger, yet not one of them dared to say a word. The floating comments exploded. [Holy crap? Since when did the villainess start acting like a CEO from a romance novel? Why is this so satisfying?!] [Our girl finally has someone standing up for her! I'm crying! Her family's been a mess since she was little.

She drank the bottle as she spat on the face. The man face was unseen in the camera, so no one knew who it was. Aubrey legs wobbled and in a span of seconds, everyone could see through her façade, she was a bitch only destroying other people lives she was nothing but a bitch. Verbal comments were heard next, "you are truly a bitch" "What a shame" The MC took the mic "Well, since you cheated your way to the top, you are hereby eliminated from this career, everyone would use your type as an example, you bitch" even the MC couldn't hold back his anger.

And somewhere in the vast Empire, the first pieces of fate were already moving. But this time... Evelina would be the one moving them. She had died once. She would not die twice. The villainess had returned. And she was ready to rewrite her ending.

There were so many clues left for her but she was so blind that she did not see. Ha! She can only blame herself for being a fool. ... "What are you saying sis, I did not audition for any role. I was just saying that since I will not be acting for a while, you can sign with dad's company and all my resources will be yours. I want to take care of this pregnancy and I don't want anything to happen to our baby. Actually I'm thinking of quitting the entertainment industry after I give birth and concentrate on taking care of my family." Vallery said.