The Price of a Second Chance

Aria was already tired of living her first life.

As the cold and unyielding CEO of Horizon's Tech, she built a reputation as a cruel, emotionless machine. Her only escape was a web novel called A Heart of Gold.

When a cancer diagnosis hit, she didn't cry; she just locked her office door and worked herself straight into an early grave. But instead of a peaceful, eternal nap, she wakes up as Cynthia Montrose-the doomed, despised villainess of the novel she can barely remember.

The plot expects her to scheme, scream, and throw tantrums to make the main characters look good. The problem? Aria has zero energy left to care, and even fewer feelings to spare. She doesn't want revenge, she doesn't want love, and she certainly doesn't want to play along.

Armed with a freezing stare, an impenetrable wall of indifference, and a weaponized level of sarcasm, Aria shuts out the world entirely. If the dramatic cast of this story expects her to bow to their script, they are about to learn that the only thing colder than a villainess is a woman who just wants to find a comfortable couch and be left alone.