Chapter 1

Substitute, substitute - just a replacement for his true love.

His true love was coming back, and I was supposed to gracefully exit.

Who knew the obsessive male lead would try to force me to stay.

His eyes flashed red as he spoke coldly:

"Run away again, and I'll have a cage made just for you."

I rolled my eyes. "This is a society of laws, you psycho."

But when I got home after finalizing the divorce, I saw a giant golden cage in the living room!

I gasped. Was it too late to run now?

That's right, I was playing a role. The kind where you step into an over-the-top romance novel to help the original female lead fulfill her wishes.

The original Aria had been a substitute for billionaire CEO Dominic Thorne for five years, falling hopelessly in love with him.

She even schemed against his true love, Ethan White, just to win Dominic's heart.

In the end, she fell ill from despair and passed away quietly.

I scoffed at this. If a man doesn't work out, just find another one.

But the original Aria was determined to hang onto Dominic Thorne. Her dying wish was for me to win Dominic's heart.

And then crush it! Trample it! Destroy it!

Clearly, when love becomes an obsession, people go a bit crazy.