The Abandoned Villainess Decides to Take It All Chapter 1

Chapter 1

To Be Abandoned, One Must Plan Carefully

Something was wrong with Lillian.

Her fiancé, Viscount Karkin Favil, was furious.

For nearly a month now, Lillian had ignored every single attempt to contact her.

He was marrying an incompetent woman, and she dared to act like this?

“It’s time I teach her some manners.”

With a sneer, Karkin pulled a letter of annulment from his jacket pocket.

This was his favorite game.

Whenever he wanted to see Lillian grovel and beg, he would threaten to break off the engagement.

I’ll toss it at her during the party today.

Snickering, Karkin entered the Tillard estate’s garden.

Several nobles were already gathered for the tea party.

But… their gazes felt strange.

“My goodness, the Viscount—”
“I can’t believe it…”
“Such a painfully tragic love affair…”

What?

Then he spotted a familiar pink-haired woman.

Lillian Tillard.

His dull-witted fiancée.

“Karkin. I had no idea.”

“…What?”

“That you and my cousin were in such a painful relationship.”

Slap.

A newspaper article landed at Karkin’s feet.

<Viscount Favil Cheats—But His ‘Taste Never Changes’?>
The Empire’s Most Revered of the Sacred Five Houses—Karkin Favil!
Engaged for ten years to Lady Lillian Tillard,
why was he spotted enjoying dates with her cousin, Lady Iris Tillard?

“Our love is so painful… but we can’t stop.”

…Who leaked this?

Lillian smirked internally.

Me, you filthy bastard.

Sending an anonymous tip to the press isn’t exactly hard.

She approached the frozen Karkin silently.

Smack! Smack!

She slapped him clean across both cheeks.

“Ghk—!”

He came to mock her—and instead humiliated himself in front of everyone.

“How thoughtful of you, Karkin Favil,” Lillian said calmly.
“You even prepared an annulment letter for your new love.”

“You—you—?!”

“I’ll sign it. Just like you wanted.”

She elegantly signed the document meant to threaten her.

A copy fluttered down onto the head of her former fiancé as he collapsed.

Then Lillian turned to the other culprit.

Blonde hair, green eyes, trembling pitifully—her cousin.

“Iris. Congratulations.”

“S-Sister…?”

“I’ll give you the future Duchess position.”

“…!”

“After all, you suit Viscount Favil far better than His Highness Prince Kyle ever would.”

“I—I’m not interested in the Viscount at all!”

At Lillian’s blessing, Iris’s face crumpled.

She’d only toyed with Karkin because he was her cousin’s fiancé.

Karkin panicked.

“What? Iris, that’s not what you said! You told me I was the only—!”

“Viscount, please be quiet—!”

Whispers spread through the crowd.

“My goodness… what a scandal!”
“So the engagement is really over?”
“Poor Lady Lillian…”

Clap.

Lillian brought her hands together, drawing everyone’s attention.

The gloomy, insignificant villainess of the original story smiled with flawless elegance.

“The Viscount will be leaving. Kindly escort him out—through the front gate.”

Trash belongs outside.

Now then… shall you all kindly disappear, one by one?

From my new life.