She Framed Me to Steal My Boyfriend Not Knowing I Could See the Plot
Bright white, shimmering like a glitch in my vision, like subtitles for a movie I was suddenly trapped inside.
【Here we go. The female lead falls for the male lead at first sight. She’s going to chase him relentlessly, even though he already has a girlfriend.】
【He’ll go from annoyed to completely captivated by her! God, I can’t wait for this to start!】
【Look, they just made eye contact!】
And then, as if on cue, the transfer student, Lila Jensen, finished her "hi, my name is" and walked straight toward my desk.
“Excuse me,” she said, her voice a little too sweet. “Can I sit here?”
Beside me, my boyfriend, Liam, let out an annoyed scoff. “Who the hell do you think you are, asking to sit next to me?”
The subtitles exploded in a frenzy.
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【Ugh, the male lead is so harsh! I can’t wait until he’s hopelessly in love, begging for forgiveness and apologizing for this very moment!】
【Seriously, this side-piece has no self-awareness. Just get up and give her the seat. Maybe Liam will spare you later if you do!】
The information flooded my brain, delivered by this bizarre, impossible feed. I was the villain in a romance novel. The "evil girlfriend." The childhood friend.
The story was simple: Lila, the heroine, falls for Liam at first sight. I, consumed by jealousy, try to sabotage her at every turn, framing her, humiliating her, until I become a twisted, unrecognizable version of myself.
My descent into wickedness would, of course, make Liam despise me. He’d finally see Lila for the tenacious, pure-hearted girl she was and fall for her instead.
To make his new love happy, he would systematically destroy me and my family, pushing us to the brink until we had nothing left, culminating in a family suicide by jumping off a bridge.
I frowned, the phantom words leaving a bitter taste in my mouth. As Liam’s insult landed, Lila’s eyes immediately welled with tears. Her body swayed as if she’d been struck, and a wave of whispers washed over the classroom.
I stood up, shrugging. “Whatever. You want the seat? It’s yours.”
He’s just a boy. A boy whose heart, according to my new paranormal ticker tape, was destined to change anyway. Why should I care? Besides, Liam was the one who’d chased me.
Lila stared at me, her expression a perfect mask of disbelief. But Liam grabbed my wrist, his eyes shooting daggers at her.
“Get lost,” he snapped. “You’re ruining my day.”
Lila’s face went pale, a picture of delicate heartbreak. She looked at Liam, her voice trembling. “I-I just thought… you seemed familiar. I’m new here, I don’t know anyone, so…” Then, as if pumping herself up, she added, “And I’m a really good student. I was first in my class at my old school. I could help you with your work!”
Liam let out a short, brutal laugh. “First in your class? Paige is first in our class. You think you’re qualified to tutor me?”
In the end, she didn’t get the seat. Lila walked to the only empty desk, the one by the trash cans in the back corner of the room.
2
The moment class ended, Lila returned with a large bag filled with boba tea. She passed them out, her cheeks flushed with a shy smile. “I’m new here, so I just wanted to thank everyone for being so welcoming. This is for you guys.”
The class erupted in cheers. But when she got to my desk, the bag was suddenly empty.
Lila looked at me, her face a canvas of remorse. “Oh, I’m so sorry, Paige. I must have miscounted. Here, you can have mine.”
She held her cup out to me. I instinctively raised a hand to refuse. “No, that’s okay, thank—”
Before I could finish, the cup tilted. Icy, milky tea cascaded down the front of her shirt. Lila gasped, her eyes instantly filling with tears as she stared at me. “Paige… I know what I did this morning was presumptuous, and I already apologized. You already made me sit by the garbage cans. What more do you want from me?”
Her words were a lit match in a gas-filled room. The class turned on me.
“I knew she was a bitch. She always acts so high and mighty just because Liam likes her. And now she’s bullying the new girl?”
“So that’s why Lila is sitting by the trash! I thought there were other seats. Paige must have forced her!”
“Doesn’t Paige’s family have money? Why is she tormenting someone over a cup of boba?”
Lila was only wearing a thin, white blouse. The dark tea made the cheap fabric translucent, revealing the outline of her bra. The subtitles scrolling in front of my eyes were all praising her genius, not a single one calling her out for being a homewrecker. They saw it as a noble sacrifice for love.
I opened my mouth to explain, to say that I hadn’t touched her, but Liam, who had been silent until now, cut through the noise. He pulled off his own jacket and threw it at her, then glared at the rest of the class. “All of you, shut up! Get out!”
The other students, intimidated by Liam, fell silent but continued to stare at me with open hostility.
After Lila scurried away, clutching his jacket, Liam leaned closer to me, his voice a low murmur. “I only love you, Paige. You don’t have to go after her.”
I blinked. “What?”
He just turned away, pretending to sleep on his desk. A heavy, frustrating pressure built in my chest. The subtitles were right. This was exactly how it was supposed to go.
To avoid a worse fate, I decided to go to our guidance counselor and request a seat change. If I couldn't fight this narrative, maybe I could outrun it.
But when I returned to the classroom, I found Lila sitting in my chair, her body pressed against Liam’s as she pointed at something in his textbook. She was drowning in his oversized jacket, the entire scene an intimate portrait of dependence and protection.
The second they saw me, they sprang apart. Lila jumped to her feet, her voice laced with panic. “I’m so sorry! Liam helped me earlier, so I just wanted to return the favor by helping him with this problem!”
Then, she did the most theatrical thing I had ever seen. She knelt and started wiping down my stool with the sleeve of his jacket. “You don’t like me here, I’ll clean it for you!”
Before I could speak, Liam pulled her to her feet, his voice cold and pointedly directed at me. “We’re all human beings. You don’t have to be afraid of us.” He turned to me then, his expression flat. “It’s not what it looks like.”
I managed a smile. “I know.”
With as much grace as I could muster, I walked to the desk, gathered my books, and moved them to an empty seat in the very front row.
Liam shot up, his hand grabbing my arm. “What are you doing?”
Lila’s voice was a wounded whisper. “Do you hate me that much?”
I sighed, looking at the faces around me, all poised to condemn me again.
“You’ve misunderstood,” I said, my voice calm and even. “Finals are coming up, and I want to focus. Sitting in the front will help. Besides,” I added, glancing between them, “Lila wanted to sit next to you, Liam. This way, everyone gets what they want, right? And I’d hate for her to have to sit by the trash cans. We wouldn’t want that to affect her grades.”
Liam’s jaw tightened. “Can you just stop it?”
I stared at him, genuinely confused. He let out a cold laugh and, without another word, walked to the back of the room, grabbed Lila’s things, and dumped them on my now-empty desk. “From now on, you’re my deskmate.”
The class hooted and whistled as Lila’s face turned a triumphant shade of crimson. I thought that if I just removed myself from their orbit, I’d be safe.
But then, the subtitles began to scream again.
3
【Lila is so clever! She realized Liam is just using her to make the villainess jealous. So, she’s decided to completely destroy the villainess’s reputation during tomorrow’s midterms!】
【Ruin her image in Liam’s eyes completely!】
A cold dread washed over me. What was she planning?
The day the midterm results were posted arrived far too quickly.
Our teacher, Ms. Albright, stood at the front of the class, beaming. “I’m thrilled to announce that the top score in our grade belongs to one of our own, Paige Miller! Congratulations, Paige!”
A stunned silence fell over the room, followed by a ripple of whispers. Ms. Albright continued, “And in second place, our new student, Lila Jensen, with an impressive score herself! Come on up, you two, and get your academic awards!”
Lila stood up, but she hesitated, her eyes downcast. “Ms. Albright,” she said, her voice just loud enough to carry. “I… I can’t accept this.”
I felt a familiar knot of dread tighten in my stomach. The teacher paused, her smile faltering. “What’s wrong, Lila?”
Lila glanced at me, her expression a mess of inner turmoil, before finally speaking. “I saw Paige with a cheat sheet during the exam. This test wasn’t fair. I want to give my award to the next person on the list.”
The room exploded. In seconds, someone had posted the accusation on the school’s unofficial gossip blog.
Ms. Albright’s face grew stern. “Lila, that’s a very serious accusation. You need proof to say something like that.”
Lila burst into tears. “But I saw her! If you want to protect her, there’s nothing I can do, but it’s wrong! It’s not fair to the other students, and it’s not fair to herself!”
The tide of opinion turned against me in an instant.
“I knew her grades were too good to be true. She probably cheated her way through high school!”
“Lila is a goddess! So brave for speaking up!”
Even Liam was looking at me, his face a complicated mask of doubt and disappointment.
Ms. Albright called for quiet, then turned to me. “Paige? Do you have anything to say?”
I stood up, my gaze locked on Lila. “You’re saying you saw me cheat?”
Lila, with the air of a martyr facing down a tyrant, nodded defiantly.
A small smile played on my lips. Thank God for the subtitles. I had come prepared.
“Okay,” I continued. “Which subject was I cheating in? And at what point during the exam?”
“All of them!” she declared. “You were cheating the entire time!”
“Funny,” I said, pulling a small USB drive from my pocket. “Because I have evidence that someone else was the cheater.”
The triumphant look on Lila’s face froze, replaced by a flicker of panic. “What… what do you mean?”
I handed the drive to Ms. Albright. “This is the security footage from the exam hall. I got a copy from the office this morning. It’s the full, unedited, high-definition recording.”
As Ms. Albright walked to her computer to plug it in, Lila suddenly cried out, her eyes pleading with me. “Wait! Maybe… maybe I was mistaken!”
I smiled sweetly. “Seeing is believing, right? And the camera doesn’t lie. Besides, I don’t particularly enjoy being framed. What are you so afraid of, Lila?”
Her face went ashen. The subtitles, ever loyal to their heroine, were in full-blown meltdown.
【When is this bitch finally going to get what she deserves? Why isn’t the plot working?】
【Lila was just a little stressed from chasing Liam, that’s why her test scores were a bit off and she felt the need to cheat. Why does the villainess have to be so petty and expose her?】
【Why isn't she falling for it? If she’d just let herself be framed, Liam would be completely won over by Lila's righteousness! Lila has worked so hard these past few days, he’s already falling for her! Our Lila is so adorable!】
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But it was too late. The video was already playing on the projector screen. Halfway through, the camera’s view clearly showed Lila, hunched over her desk, furtively taking pictures of the test paper with her phone. Then, she looked up, shooting a venomous glare directly in my direction.
The entire class gasped. The video continued, showing me completing my test, never once looking at anything other than my own paper. The so-called cheat sheet never appeared.
The atmosphere in the room shifted. A girl in the front row muttered, “Oh my God, she’s one of those psycho girls. And isn’t Liam officially Paige’s boyfriend? What’s with this chick bringing him lunch and hanging all over him every day?”
“Right? Anyone who didn’t know better would think she was his girlfriend.”
Lila’s face was chalk-white. Her eyes, brimming with tears, rolled back in her head, and she collapsed gracefully into Liam’s arms.
Liam’s expression hardened. He scooped her up, then turned to me, his voice dripping with contempt. “You went too far. You’re the one who moved away, and now you come back and bully her like this. Why do you have to be such a bitch, Paige?”
He carried Lila out of the room without a backward glance.
I didn’t care. All that mattered was that the truth was out.
But then, the subtitles flashed a new spoiler.
【Lila looks like a heartbroken child in the male lead’s arms. But she just fell in love with him, what did she do wrong?】
【Look! To comfort Lila, Liam just promised her he’d make sure the villainess fails her finals!】
【Lila is too soft. If it were me, I’d just have her killed.】
【Don’t worry. Even if Lila doesn’t do anything, that bitch won’t get off easy. The school gossip blog is already full of people calling her a cheater. That’s definitely going to mess with her head.】
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