A Second Chance at Fate

[October 13, 2025]

Maeve died from overwork in the real world, her body collapsing at her desk with her favorite web novel open on the screen. But when she opens her eyes again, she's no longer Maeve, the exhausted office worker. She's now Maeve Caringal, the villainess of the novel-the very one fated to die by the hands of the male and female lead.

Except she woke up at age 11, a full seven years before the story actually begins.

She doesn't know much about this part of the plot, but what shocks her most is discovering that the male lead, Blaine Onix, is her childhood neighbor. In the book, he was introduced at 18-already hardened and powerful. But here... he's just a scrappy, sharp-eyed boy with calloused hands and silent fury. And she, the villainess-to-be, is already hated by him.

Determined not to follow the villainess' fate, Mae struggles to distance herself. But Blaine Onix, suspicious and bitter, doesn't believe her sudden kindness. After all, in the original timeline, she ruined his dream of entering university by hiring someone to break his hand.

Now she has a second chance. But time is ticking, and the true story hasn't even begun.