"Scarlett, I'm warning you, stop pestering me. And don't pull any more of those suicidal stunts trying to win me back. I'm never turning back," the man's voice was cold and resolute.

Scarlett felt a splitting headache. When she opened her eyes, she saw a man standing before her. He was undeniably handsome, but his words were utterly baffling.

Her mind was a whirlwind of confusion. After all, she was a top-tier celebrity who had dominated the entertainment industry for decades. She never lacked suitors. How could she possibly be chasing after some man out of the blue?

Slowly, Scarlett got up from the ground. The man was eyeing her warily, his entire demeanor radiating impatience.

Then it hit her—she remembered how she had ended up on the ground in the first place. It was this man who had pushed her!

What a scumbag, daring to lay hands on a woman? Disgusting!

"Do you know how many years you can get for assault? If you dare lay a finger on me again without reason, I'll see you in court!" Scarlett fumed.

The man looked at her as if she was being unreasonable and warned coldly, "Scarlett, stop playing dumb. I'm telling you for the last time, we're over. Whether I pursue Eva on the dating show or not has nothing to do with you."

"If you keep targeting Eva, don't even think about staying in the entertainment industry!"

Not many people would dare to make such a bold threat.

Scarlett stared intently at the man's face, then glanced around, finally realizing something was off.

There were no cameras, no directors around. Plus, the keywords he mentioned—dating show, Eva—sounded eerily similar to the popular entertainment novel she had just finished reading, where the protagonist was adored by everyone.

The realization dawned on her—this wasn't her reality. She had somehow stepped into the world of that novel.

She tentatively asked, "You wouldn't happen to be Alexander Reed,would you?"

That was the domineering CEO male lead from the book!

Alexander looked at her with a strange expression, as if he had thought of something, and sneered, "That's a good idea. From now on, you and I are strangers."

Seeing his expression, Scarlett knew she had guessed correctly.

So, she had transmigrated into a book... and had become the villainess who shared her name!

In the book *Summer Heartbeat*, the female lead, Eva, was a universally adored enchantress. She had skyrocketed to fame online with a set of graduation photos, catching the eye of Alexander, the Shine entertainment company CEO, who immediately signed her to his company.

The mighty CEO, in pursuit of his Cinderella, even deigned to participate in a reality dating show funded by his company, hoping to win the beauty's heart in the end.

Eva, with her gentle and considerate nature, along with her natural allure to men, garnered countless fans and the admiration of male contestants on the show. Later, she even conquered numerous big shots in the entertainment industry.

Under the protection of these big shots, Eva smoothly ascended to the throne of the film industry.

In the end, Eva was moved by the domineering and devoted Alexander and married him, though she maintained private connections with the other big shots.

As for Scarlett's character, she was merely the first stepping stone on the female lead's path to fame, a tool for the protagonist to slap in the face.

However, Scarlett, Eva, and Eva's man did have some history.

They had attended the same high school, and Scarlett's beauty was the envy of all.

But any man who had contact with both her and Eva, even if initially attracted to Scarlett, would inevitably fall for the pure-hearted Eva.

After this happened multiple times, Scarlett naturally sensed something was off and began to distance herself from the female lead. Later, she entered the entertainment industry on the strength of her beauty and started a secret affair with her boss, Alexander.

Especially when Alexander and Scarlett were still together, he had already started pursuing Eva.

Isn’t this behavior the textbook definition of cheating and seamlessly moving on to the next person?

Scarlett, deeply hurt, combined her fresh anger with old grievances and began targeting Eva. She had hoped to make Eva back off, but instead, she was repeatedly humiliated and ultimately broke up with Alexander.

So, Scarlett joined the dating show with the sole purpose of winning Alexander back and salvaging her reputation.

By now, she was already the internet’s favorite punching bag. After the show aired, Eva’s admirers, heartbroken over their goddess being "bullied," pulled a few strings and drove Scarlett to bankruptcy. She was left drowning in debt, nearly beaten to death by loan sharks.

Her exit was so abrupt that, later on, even her name was forgotten.

Foreseeing her tragic end, Scarlett felt a pang of bitterness. In her previous life, she had been a model citizen—kind, charitable, and a hardworking role model in her industry. She had never even had a proper relationship...

So how did she suddenly end up transmigrating into this novel?

Bottling up her frustration and anger, Scarlett had no one to vent to.

Meanwhile, the scumbag Alexander, with his inflated ego, had the audacity to say, “You’d better stop clinging to me. Eva is my true love. I can’t let her misunderstand.”

Oh, how touching. The "true love" who’s been happily making a fool of you .

Scarlett rolled her eyes internally. “Don’t worry about that. You’re already dead and forgotten in my heart. From now on, I’m Scarlett, the unshakable.”

Just looking at him made her feel dirty. Why couldn’t these cheating scumbags just disappear from the face of the earth?

She wasn’t some love-struck fool, nor did she harbor any feelings for Alexander. Naturally, she wouldn’t lose her mind and target the female lead like the original character had.

So, maybe there was still a chance to rewrite her tragic storyline?

Alexander didn't bother to waste any more words on her. He shot her a warning glance and then placed something in front of Scarlett.

"This is the apartment key you gave me. Since we've broken up, it's only right to return it to its owner," he said, his expression a complex mix of emotions. After all, she was someone he had once cared for deeply. Although his heart now belonged solely to his true love, Eva, ending this previous relationship so abruptly left him with a lingering sense of loss.

But in the next moment, the image of Eva's innocent and harmless face flashed through his mind, and any lingering feelings of regret for Scarlett instantly vanished.

As Scarlett watched him leave, she suddenly remembered that the dating show she was on was only supposed to have ten episodes. Once the show ended, she would be bankrupt, drowning in debt, and hounded by loan sharks until she was driven to despair...

Panicking, she quickly pulled out her phone to check the progress of the show.

But her phone didn't respond, and after what felt like an eternity, it finally came back to life. When she looked at the comments section of the show, she was bombarded with a flood of hateful messages.

"Wow, I'm really the internet's punching bag," she muttered to herself. Out of over 200,000 comments, at least 170,000 were vicious attacks directed at her.

Strangely, Scarlett felt a sense of relief. After all, being hated was still a form of fame. She had single-handedly boosted the show's ratings—who else in the entertainment industry could pull that off?

But her brief moment of satisfaction was short-lived. Among the male participants on the show, aside from Alexander, the scumbag, there was also her crazy ex who had once deceived her, and a two-faced idol who spent every day trying to seduce her.

With such a high concentration of jerks, she was afraid she might lose her temper on camera and end up smashing all three of their heads!