Blurb：
After leaving her dark, damaged lover Aria Sterling behind, the protagonist is offered five million dollars by the System to re-enter the novel and win her heart again. But shockingly, a mysterious text feed reveals Aria has moved on with a golden retriever boyfriend who reduced her darkness rating to negative one hundred. Now labeled "the Ex," our heroine discovers Aria's apartment is for sale—not a shrine to their past. Determined to prove the System wrong, she buys the property using in-book funds, embarking on a mission to reclaim Aria Sterling's heart while battling public humiliation and a rival strategist. This emotional rollercoaster explores second chances, dark romance tropes, and the price of redemption.Content：
The moment I won her over—the moment I finally conquered the heart of that dark, damaged girl—I chose to leave the world for good.I didn’t hesitate for a second, not even when she begged me, her voice small and broken, to stay.
Life back in the real world was… not good. I was drowning. So when the System found me again, offering five million dollars to go back into the book and win her over one more time, I was ready to say yes.
But just as the word formed on my lips, a shimmering text feed flickered across my vision, like a phantom television crawl.
> OMG, the Ex is back.
> LMAO, does she seriously think the heroine is still in love with her?
> The second Strategist not only got the heroine’s darkness rating down to negative one hundred, he voluntarily stayed. Gave her a real home.
> The happy couple is about to get married. Can the Ex please have some shame and not bother them?
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It took me a long moment to process it.
The Ex they were talking about… was me.
Beside me, the System was still buzzing, giving me the hard sell. “All you have to do is make Aria Sterling fall in love with you one more time, and you get five million dollars. Even if you fail, you get fifty thousand for your trouble. How about it? It’s a great deal.”
It was a great deal. And right now, I desperately needed the money.
But the words from the feed echoed in my head.
I was silent for a moment, then told the System I needed to think about it.
So, it sent me back into the book first. To be precise, it sent me back to the home Aria and I once shared.
The small, sub-one-thousand-square-foot apartment was old but cozy, exactly as it had been three years ago.
Aria hadn't moved a single one of my things.
Even the silk blouse I’d accidentally stained just before I left… it was hanging in the closet, perfectly clean. I remembered that blouse. It was from Theory, a brand that was everywhere at the time. When Aria had secretly bought it for me, I’d gotten angry about the price, insisting we return it.
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