The Villainess Needs A Hero

Chapter 01

The Villainess Needs A Hero

Chapter 01:

“Madamé everything is all set for the launching of our latest romance, choice-based game.” - my assistant Sheryl said which instantly made all the anger from my system dissolve into thin air and I let out a smile.

Finally, after four months of crafting the new game, we are finally on the last step, which is the launching of the product.

“Also, the pre-order sales of the game exceeded our target sales as well as the top-ranking mobile game we developed seven months ago. And based from the charts, those who pre-ordered the game are usually teenagers or women that are single.” - she continued and I can’t help but to feel this extreme happiness in my heart. It is like it is going to explode because of how happy I am feeling right now.

And it is honestly because, I did not expect that the game will exceed the target pre-order sales the finance team proposed and of course, I’ve approved. I thought that the game will not actually catch the attention of the target audience so I expected less and less.

Although I expected less, I still got a little bit worried because if the game failed to attract people then we will have to start from the beginning and all the funds that we put on that game will be turned into dust. And thinking the possibility that it could really happened, it made me angry.

But right now, I admit that I was wrong and I indeed underestimated myself, the teams and the whole company.

“You did a good job Sheryl, and also tell everyone that they are free to do what they like this afternoon and tomorrow. And also, tell everyone that they should prepare their best attires already because I may able to find a resort for us to have a good week” - I said with a smile, and Sheryl smiled at me as well. While she is smiling, I cannot almost see her eyes and maybe it is because of the fact that she has this Chinese blood running through her veins.

“Thank you so much madamè! I will now share the good news to the employees! “ - she exclaimed and as if on cue she dashed towards the door. I guess she is also excited to share to her officemates what I have said.

And what she did was not actually disrespectful. It’s been five years since Sheryl started working in my company and I am already used to her being like that, I am the one who actually told her to be less formal when we are the only persons in a room, since already consider her as a trustworthy friend.

I put my hand under my chin and rested it on top of the table as my gaze shifted to the frame on my right side.

The frame holds the last picture I had with my parents and my two older brothers before they died in an accident ten years ago.

“We did it again” - I whispered as I caress the frame using my left hand. Every time the company successfully made a new game and is patronized by the customers, I always offer that success to them.

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“[Isabella Red Johnson! Are you sure that you are not going to attend tonight’s reunion? Everyone is really expecting you since you have already become the most successful game developer woman in the world!]” - my acquaintance said over the phone. I just consider her as an acquaintance because we are not that close, more like we just know each other’s names and some information about each other’s occupation and we only bid hellos and goodbyes to each other.

In short, we never had any big conversation. And right now, she called me, trying to persuade me to attend the college reunion party they prepared.

“I’m sorry Eve, but I am really quite busy today since we just launched the new game. So I have to monitor the players concern or difficulties so I can automatically fix them. Don’t worry, when everything is settled, I’ll be the one to call you and set up a date for us to get together and chat.” - I said as I tried my best to sound as genuine as I could be. Because what I just said is not the truth because the truth is that I don’t really feel like attending any social gatherings ever since my family passed away.

And because I neither like or dislike social gatherings, I tend to use my work as a reason to escape it, just like what I am doing right now.

“[Alright alright! Just call me whenever you are free!]” - she replied and I can sense that she is quite disappointed. Well, this is the second time I rejected her offer attending the college reunion so I guess it is only natural for her to he disappointed that I will still not attend this year.

“Thanks Eve. Promise, I’ll set up a date” - I added and when I hear her say ‘okay’ I finally got to end the call. Liar. Although I said that, I know for a fact that it will be long before it could really happen.

I placed my phone on the phone holder located on my left side near the steering wheel of my car. Then, I started my car and pushed forward the gear and my car finally moved.

After a little while of driving, I stepped on the brake since the stoplight turned red. And from the looks of it, the traffic is quite heavy today.

Maybe it is because it’s Friday and everyone is off from their works. Since, it looks like it is going to take a little time before the traffic moves, I decided to open my phone using my fingerprint and I clicked the application of the game my company just launched.

And the title of the game is. The title page of the game opened and a note appeared.

The game will be downloading additional resources. Rest assured that this will not consume much of your data cap. Would you like to proceed?

Additional resources? Oh, maybe it’s the cache that the development team mentioned that every player needs to download to prevent the game from crashing and lagging. And of course, I clicked the ‘yes’ button and as if on cue a bar appeared on the lower portion of the screen, which symbolizes the downloading status.

After a few minutes, the traffic finally started to move but the game is still downloading it’s additional resources. Like seriously? It shouldn’t be this long for. Gosh! I need to talk to the different teams about this tomorrow or maybe I’ll mail them when I got home!

If the download is this slow then it will begin to consume large amount of data and it will trouble the players who are only using their mobile data.

I shifted my gaze to the round when it was my turn to move. I pushed the gear forward and my car started moving again, I stepped on the gas and my car when faster than I was before.

I continuously give a second look on my phone so that I monitor the game but I am quite disappointed when I always see that it is still on the process of downloading.

“s**t” - I cussed when I suddenly saw that the car in-front of me suddenly stopped. Luckily, I was about to step on the brake on time. After a few seconds the car started to move again, maybe the person driving is still a student, or maybe the person does not know how to drive well.

Seriously, the police officers should be able to at least check if the one who is driving is really a license driver.

I stepped on the gas and my car is once again on the move when suddenly I heard loud beeping sound and when I turn to look the window, my eyes widened when I saw a truck coming towards my direction. My foot never left the gas and I pushed it even more but just before I could leave the place I am in; I just felt my whole body being crushed into pieces and everything seems to be flying.

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Slowly, I opened my eyes and everything is already blurry. I can no longer feel my body and I know that my bones are already shattered into bits.

I can hear different voices but I cannot decipher what they are saying. I tried to look around just by moving my eyes but I am to tried to do so but I saw my phone, it is not crushed but it has cracks on its screen. However, although my eye sight is already blurry, I can see that the game has already finished downloading all its additional resources.

I tried to focus my eyesight even more, and when I saw the opening note the I made to the players who will play the game, I smiled on my mind because I cannot even lift my lips anymore.

Are you ready to experience a love story you never knew existed in this world?

With three guys as your male lead, who would you choose to become your husband and lifelong partner?

Now that it finally opened, I guess I will not have to mail my employees to fix the game anymore.

I want to grab a hold of my phone, but I cannot move my hands anymore. I mentally sighed and I slowly closed my eyes because the strength that I have left is rapidly disappearing from my body.

I guess this is also the end for me. This is the perfect ending, dying the same way family died. I just hope that the company I built will not crumble into pieces, and the recent game will be successful and surpass the other games.

I tried my best to lift my lips to form a little smile, but before I could even succeed my consciousness finally drifted away.

Third Person

The woman inside the car is already dead, however, her phone is still alive. And after a second different messages appeared on the broken screen;

Processing the soul of Isabella Red...

Retaining the memories of Isabella Red...

Looking for a body...

Found a compatible body...

Processing the host’s soul to enter the body...

100% Processing complete... The host, Isabella Red is now Scarlett Mila