: Awakening
I awakened as Adrian Corvus was kissing me senseless.
I am The Side Character in this novel, and soon, I will be pregnant.
Adrian Corvus will abandon his family for the book's Female Lead—a newly minted Top Starlet. If I don't run now, when will I ever get the chance!
「Five years later.」
I stared in silence at Adrian Corvus, who was blocking my door with a wronged look in his eyes.
His eyes were bloodshot. "You've been good at hiding these past five years. Do you have any idea what I've been through?"
I: "..."
My daughter, from behind me, asked in her sweet, childish voice, "Mister, did you get here by car, on foot, or by plane?"
Me???
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Adrian Corvus pulled me into a tight embrace and said gently, "Be good and wait for me to come back from my business trip."
He pressed a soft kiss to my lips, and a wave of tenderness filled the room...
But as he held me in his embrace, I felt numb, as if I couldn't connect with the emotion of the moment.
The next moment, a strange memory surfaced in my mind.
No, to be more precise, it was a plot.
As Adrian Corvus's Golden Canary, I am The Side Character in this Sweet Romance Novel. Soon, I will discover I'm pregnant.
Adrian Corvus will abandon his family for the book's Female Lead, a newly minted Top Starlet.
After being cruelly abandoned, I would desperately beg him to take me back, like a dog. Overwhelmed with grief, a sharp pain would suddenly seize my abdomen, and blood would gush out from between my legs.
The final image in my mind was of me, desperately crying and clutching Adrian Corvus's pant leg.
Watching me collapse in a pool of blood, Adrian Corvus would only pull the woman in his arms tighter, soothing her fear...
End of the plot.
I snapped back to my senses, feeling numb. Adrian Corvus, who had been kissing me passionately, finally pulled away.
He stroked my head again, as if reluctant to leave, then turned and walked out the door.
I watched his retreating figure, my brow slowly knitting together.
It wasn't until I heard the roar of Adrian Corvus's car engine outside the villa that I finally snapped out of my chaotic emotional state.
In a hoarse voice, I said a single word in the direction he'd gone, "Goodbye."
'Good riddance.'
'You didn't see that coming, did you? This girl has awakened.'
'Whoever wants to be with a Deadbeat Dad like him can have at it. As for me, I'm done waiting on him.'
'The right thing to do with a man like that is to run as far away as you can.'
'And what better time to run than now!'
Once I had a clear plan, I started sizing up the house. I sold off everything of value at a discount to secondhand dealers, converting it all into cash.
'After all, I have another one on the way. Cash is king.'
'Men? To hell with them!'
After a few days of frantic work, I had finally settled everything.
When I was done, I collapsed onto the sofa, panting with exhaustion. But looking at the long string of zeros in my bank account, I was filled with an overwhelming sense of security.
After a short rest, I quickly packed my bags, and with my baby on the way and cash in hand, I made a run for it.
Any longer and Adrian Corvus would be back from his trip.
I was at the airport waiting for my flight when I got a message from Adrian Corvus. "I'm about to land. And I got you a present!"
I, also at an airport, gave his message a cool glance and promptly turned off my phone.
A polite voice came over the PA system, "Attention passengers, flight GR658 is now boarding at Gate D3..."
I decisively grabbed my luggage, ready to go.
'Finally, I'm getting away from that scumbag.'
'So long.'
