The Male Lead's Villainess Fiancée

In a romance novel called “The SecretLovers of the Academy” the male lead would often torment his fiancée–butwait, why did she cross into this world to become his fiancée, thevillainess, instead of the heroine? Louise Sweeney found the perfect solution to escape the misfortune ofbeing the villainess: “Your Highness, I just want to tell you that wedon’t have to be tied with our engagement. We weren’t even officiallyengaged, right?” But what was wrong with the male lead’s reaction? To her suggestion,he replied “But our engagement wasn’t false, don’t you agree?”