The reality of every relationship, a novel where some part of it is made without any sugar coated chapter.

This novel is made for someone special,
a person that is uncommon.
A brave heart with a smile as soft as the cotton in the field.

Love letters for the sweetest boyfriend I've ever had.

How i hope I could make you feel what I've had.

Author's Note -

I wrote novels for fun, and to satisfy my vanity, and not for any other goal. So don't expect for there to be any kind of regular updates, or shocked if I don't update a novel for a very long time. Because I might even drop a novel on a whim. 

Read if you don't mind such things.

Yuan Lei frowned when she heard her manager's words and glanced at her. She pursed her lips as she reluctantly nodded and said, " Which costume should I try first? " she turned to look at Lily with an annoyed expression as she agreed to check her costumes. 
Lily passed her a dress from the hanger to try on. Just as Yuan Lei took the dress and started walking towards the bathroom, she glanced at Xie Ming from the mirror and asked, 
" You're going to stay here all the time?" 
Xie Ming turned to look at her and replied, " Yes. Xu Lan said that we have to share this vanity room." she said as a matter of factly. 
Yuan Lei's expressions darkened when she heard her words. She has thought that Xie Ming was there for a while and will go later. But when she heard that they had to share this vanity room together, she felt extremely annoyed. 
' How can she share the vanity room with a mere second lead? She has won the best rookie award yet she has to share this room with a newbie.'
' Is that how they are going to treat me?' She felt wronged because Xu Lan and others were treating Xie Ming better than her. 
Xu Lan always talked to her rudely while her tone changed completely when she talked to Xie Ming. 
She never thought that it might be because of her attitude. She believed that they all were bewitched by Xie Ming or they all were targeting her purposely. 
Generally, the one who is wrong doesn't even realize that he is wrong. 
That's the case with her. She didn't even realize that it was her fault or maybe she doesn't want to accept this fact. 
… 
" Xu Lan. I don't want to share my vanity room with her. Please send her somewhere else. I am going to change my clothes, by then please send her away." Yuan Lei took a deep breath as she said authoritatively. She was trying to tone down her words and was rather polite when she said her words. 
At least she was polite according to her. 
Xie Ming turned around hearing her words. She has been listening to her words for long now. 
She stood up while facing her with her hands folded around her chest. She didn't say anything and just smiled while looking at her with a mocking smile. 
Yuan Lei felt infuriated seeing her expressions. 
" Yuan Lei, this studio is for photoshoot only. We don't have many rooms here, so everyone is sharing their vanity rooms. So don't make an issue out of it. Hurry up and check your outfits. After that you need to get your makeup done as well." Xu Lan felt tired while dealing with Yuan Lei. 
She really wanted to leave this job now. This girl always makes her blood pressure rise every time she says something. 
Yuan Lei pursed her lips and humphed as she went to the bathroom. 
Xu Lan looked at Xie Ming apologetically. She knows how tiring it would be sharing a vanity room with Yuan Lei. 
Xie Ming shook her head lightly gesturing, ' It's fine. I am not bothered by it.' 
Xu Lan felt relieved that at least there is one sensible person here to reduce her work load. 
….
Xie Ming ate some fruits and yogurt given her by Song Xiner while Yuan Lei was checking her costumes. 
Soon the makeup artist also arrived and Xu Lan instructed her to do Xie Ming's makeup first since Yuan Lei is busy with her costume checking. 
Xie Ming sat up straight on her chair as she saw a makeup artist getting her brushes from her vanity. 
Yuan Lei who just came out of the bathroom wearing her yellow colored gown which was beautiful but it still lacked the royalty according to her. 
She doesn't understand why her costumes were so simple. Moreover, they were too long and loose. How will she walk in them without heels? 
She will fall over if she wears them like this. She told Lily to reduce its length. 
Lily simply said that she will convey her requests to Ms. Cai but there is no sincerity in her words. 
Ofcourse, they can't reduce its length because it's according to the theme. Cai Bao is very strict with her designs, she won't change them unless there is any legitimate reason to do so. 
Yuan Lei went to the bathroom again to change her dress and after she came from the bathroom changing into her 8th dress, she saw Xie Ming getting ready to get her makeup done. 
" What's happening? Why is she getting her makeup done first?" she frowned as she pointed at Xie Ming. 
Xu Lan, who was instructing the makeup artist about the theme, paused hearing Yuan Lei's words. 
Her expressions fell because she never thought that Yuan Lei could be this annoying. She is making an issue out of nothing. 
" Now what?" irritated, she snapped at Yuan Lei and asked in an annoyed tone. 
" Xu Lan, why are you treating me this way? I am the female lead of the movie, yet you're treating me like a supporting cast and giving all the privileges to her." 
" You know I should be the one who should get the makeup done first. But you let her do the makeup first. Is this fair? Is this how you're going to treat me during the shoot? "
" Shooting hasn't even started yet and you're treating me like this already. Xu Lan, if you really dislike me that much, then tell me. I will leave this movie right away. I didn't come here to be treated this way. It's not like I don't have other projects to work on. "
" I respect Mr. Han, that's why I wanted to work in his movie. But not this way. You guys are such a bully. " she behaved like everyone is cornering her and she is a victim here. 
' But for whom she is pretending this way? Everyone in the room knows what she was doing.' 
-_-
Xu Lan was speechless hearing her accusations. She just asked the makeup artist to do Xie Ming's makeup first because Xie Ming has nothing to do while Yuan Lei was checking her costumes. 
She was just trying to save the time while Yuan Lei came accusing her of discrimation and targeting her purposely. 
" Yuan Lei, I asked Shi Ya to do Xie Ming's makeup first because she was free. Yet  you're still checking your outfits. It's only reasonable for me to ask her to do Xie Ming's makeup first. Simple." she shrugged her shoulders casually. 
She can't understand why these actresses take their pride and seniority in every damn thing. What does it matter who gets their makeup done first? 
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He stood beside her bed and stared at her face in wonder if it’s real. A smile appeared on his lips seeing her fluttering eyelashes as she was waking up. However, her reaction was different than what he had expected.


“ Pak”


He stared at her in shock as he covering his face with his palm. Did she just slap him?

Zhao Ming's mouth was open in pure terror when she realized what she just did. She slapped the Emperor. The cruel-infamous Emperor of Ji Dynasty?

‘ Am I going to die again? I just came to this world, do I have to die again?’ 

….

She was the Empress of the Ji Dynasty, but in name only. Never been treated or respected as the Empress, and witnessing the worst of the palace, the life gave her another chance to shine as who she is. 
One day when she opened her eyes, she found her in unfamiliar surroundings. The world was full of people using strange items and in a world that was a world apart from hers.  
Will the Empress of Ji Dynasty be able to survive in this competitive world?


**

She was the wife of the richest businessman in the country with the reputation of nothing but trash. She was labeled as a rebellious brat, shameless lazy woman. When she opened her eyes one day, she found herself in some strange world.


Holy Sh *t! 


She became the Empress of the Ji Dynasty. Can the rebellious, shameless lazy woman adjust to the cruel, strict palace world? Will she change or change the world instead? 


 Can the Emperor get used to her being proactive in every single thing? Even in bed? The Emperor dotes on his wife to the point that she feels tired, how can a man be this cute? It’s illegal for men to be this cute.

…

She pushed him on the bed and sat on his body while looking at him with her tempting eyes.

“ Zhao Ming, what..what are you doing?” 

“ Shh...Your Majesty, you just need to relax. I will do all the work.” She leaned in and sealed his lips with his moist lips making him crazy for her even more.

.....

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London
 Six weeks earlier, Gemma arrived in London for the first time. It was the day after Christmas. She took a cab to the hotel she'd booked. The English money was too large to fit neatly into her wallet. The cab was mad expensive, but she didn't care. She was funded.
  The hotel was an old and formal building, remodeled inside. A gentleman wearing a checked jacket sat at a desk. He had a record of the reservation and showed Gemma to her room personally. He chatted while a porter carried her things. She loved the way he talked, as if he'd stepped out of an Eliot novel. 
  The walls of the suite were papered in black-and-white toile. Heavy brocade curtains covered the windows. The bathroom had heated floors. The towels were cream-colored and textured with small squares. Lavender soap was wrapped in brown paper.
  Gemma ordered a steak from room service. When it came, she ate the whole thing and drank two large glasses of water. After that, she slept for eighteen hours.
  When she woke, she was elated.
  This was a new city and a foreign country, the city of Vanity Fair and Great Expectations. It was Will's city, but it would become Gemma's own, just as the books Will loved had become part of Gemma, too.
  She pushed open the curtains. London stretched out below her. Red buses and beetle-black taxis crawled through traffic on narrow streets. The buildings looked hundreds of years old. She thought of all the lives being led down there, people driving on the left, eating crumpets, drinking tea, watching telly.
  Gemma was stripped of guilt and sorrow, as if she'd shed a skin. She saw herself as a lone vigilante, a superhero in repose, a spy. She was braver than anyone in the hotel, braver than all of London, braver than ordinary by far.

Willow is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat.

Gemma is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete.

An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.

A bad romance, or maybe three.

Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains.

A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.

A girl who refuses to be the person she once was.
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Gemma Lust Wilder, a white 18-year-old without a family who's staying at a luxurious resort in Columbia, spending her days swimming and studying Spanish. She's strong-willed, secretive, and always on guard.

The English novel begins behind bars, in extremis. Its first author, John Bunyan, was a Puritan dissenter whose writing starts with sermons and ends with fiction. His famous allegory, the story of Christian, opens with a sentence of luminous simplicity that has the haunting compulsion of the hook in a great melody. "As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream."
A "Denn" is a prison, and Bunyan wrote most of the book in Bedford county gaol, having been arrested for his beliefs during the "Great Persecution" of 1660-1690. He shares the experience of prison with Cervantes, who had the idea for Don Quixote while incarcerated in La Mancha. Like so many novels that follow in this list, The Pilgrim's Progress blends fact and fiction. As well as being the record of Bunyan's dream, a well-known fictional device, it is also an archetypal tale – a quest, fraught with danger. Christian's pilgrimage takes him through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair and the Delectable Mountains in a succession of adventures that keep the reader turning the page. With his good companions, Faithful and Hopeful, he vanquishes many enemies before arriving at the Celestial City with the line that still reverberates through the English literary tradition: "So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side."

In Hollywood terms, the novel has a perfect "arc". It also contains a cast of unforgettable characters, from Mr Worldly Wiseman to Lord Hategood, Mr Stand-fast and Mr Valiant-for-Truth.
More profoundly, as an allegory of state repression, it has been described by the historian EP Thompson as one of the "foundation texts of the English working-class movement". Part of its uniquely English quality is a robust and engaging sense of humour that has cemented its appeal to generations of readers.

The Pilgrim's Progress is the ultimate English classic, a book that has been continuously in print, from its first publication to the present day, in an extraordinary number of editions. There's no book in English, apart from the Bible, to equal Bunyan's masterpiece for the range of its readership, or its influence on writers as diverse as William Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, CS Lewis, John Steinbeck and even Enid Blyton.

Huckleberry Finn speaks for many readers when, recalling his Mississippi education, he says: "There was some books too... One was 'Pilgrim's Progress', about a man that left his family it didn't say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough."

The story of a man in search of the truth is the plot of many kinds of fiction, fromPortnoy's Complaint to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Like many of the writers in the list that follows, Bunyan had a wonderful ear for the rhythms of colloquial speech and his allegorical characters come to life in dialogue that never fails to advance the narrative. Story is one thing. The simple clarity and beauty of Bunyan's prose is something else. Braided together, style and content unite to make a timeless English classic.

"Beep beep beep...." The cardiac monitor alarmed as Serena Chen's heartrate turned zero signaling her death. She died with a smile on her slightly wrinkled but elegant face, her hand being held by her daughter, while sobbing suddenly filled the room.


Serena died at the age of seventy-two. She lived a decent and happy life. Since birth, her life has been quite easy. She was born with a silver spoon, her loving parents own real estate properties where they receive more than enough income from rentals. When she became an adult and graduated from college, she met Henry who then became her boyfriend, at the same time, she got some decent jobs which she can always afford to lose. After a few years, her boyfriend became here husband. He was handsome, kind, and hardworking, while she on the other hand, was a little lazy, hating her 9 to 5 office job, she simply decided to resign and work for her parents to collect rent. When her daughter was born, she had her family help her in raising her up, when her daughter grew up and got married she was given two sweet grandchildren. To summarize it, when she was born she had her parents, when her parents were gone, she had her husband and inheritance, when her husband was gone, she had her child. All her life, she always had someone to support her, making her life pretty easy, devoid of too much responsibility. So when the time came, she had no regrets in life albeit she had some fantasies. 

Since her husband's death, her favorite past time was reading romance novels and watching dramas from time to time. Before her death, the last novel she read was "A Cinderella story in Victorian fantasy era".  Given that she only liked reading rebirth and transmigration stories as of late, the only reason she finished reading said novel was because her granddaughter wrote it. Her granddaughter, Rianne, was addicted to shoujo mangas like "Boys over flowers", "Ouran High School Host Club", etc. which became the inspiration of her novel. So it's not surprising that the novel was about the daughter of an impoverished Baron who despite being born from an impoverished noble house and ostracized in society reached the pinnacle of life. 

"Ugh....." Serena woke up with a start. She knows that she just died in the hospital, but now she is seeing an intricately carved ceiling. Perhaps she just ascended to heaven? But then again why is she so thirsty? She rose to sit on the bed and was surprised so see her pale and smooth hands. Before she can familiarize herself to the situation, a sound of knocking was heard, so she turned her head to her left. She then saw a young girl in a maid's outfit entering a wooden door. 

"Good morning m'lady, pardon the intrusion but the Duchess asked me to see if you're already prepared for school."   

Serena was confused, but then proceeded to stand from the bed. She turned to look around the room and saw a vanity table. She went to sit on the chair in front of the table to look at herself in the mirror. What she saw almost made her jaw drop. A young lady who looks about the age of 18 was staring at her, hair golden like the sun, deep-set eyes having the color of the sea, nose thin with high bridge, lips slightly pouty with a tinge of pink, and her skin, rosy white. Did she just hit jackpot for bringing out a large water tank when god decided to shower the world with beauty? If she had this beauty when she was alive, certainly, beauties like Audrey Hepburn and company will be put to shame. She had to stop herself from giggling like a maniac knowing a maid is just at the door.

Seeing that her lady is just sitting in front of the vanity doing nothing, the maid asked

"m'lady, shall I help you in preparing?"

Serena looked at the maid and started thinking.

'okay, so, did I just transmigrate? I know this sounds crazy, but anyway, I'm already dead. Perhaps I'm just living in my own fantasy. I guess the best thing to do is just go with the flow and see how things will go.' 

So Serena smiled to the maid and said "Yes, please do."  

The maid then proceeded to open another door in the room while Serena stood up from the chair to look around. The room was large, it has beautifully designed hardwood floor with a golden upholstered bed. It is well lit, the walls had sconces and are of bright salmon color, while the ceiling was intricately carved with a chandelier. Aside from the vanity table, there were also other furniture in the bedroom such as, night stands with lamps on top, a daybed, coffee table with nice looking accent chairs and a study table. She's happy to note that, although the room looks like something from a Victorian era, it was somewhat modern. After scrutinizing the bedroom she went out to the balcony. Looking below, there was a manicured garden which covers a large expanse of land. 

'Okay, pause, am I in Versailles? Because it seems like my backyard is the Versailles garden.' 

Serena started grinning, it seems that in any lifetime, she was made to suffer luxury. HAHA!

She went back inside the room and then entered the room to where the maid was. The room was a walk-in closet filled with beautiful dresses, it has a full length mirror and another vanity table. At the other end there was another open door which lead straight to the bathroom. Upon entering the bathroom, she noticed that there were four running faucets surrounding a circularly shaped bathtub which is already filled. The maid poured what she assume was bath oil.

"m'lady, the bath is ready. Shall I now help you to bath?"

"No need, just kindly prepare the clothes I should be wearing today"

"Yes m'lady, then I shall wait for you outside."

The maid then went out of the bathroom. 

'Wow, just WOW, if I had my doubts earlier, then now I guess it's safe to say that I am indeed in heaven!' Serena thought as she removed her clothes. 'look at my room, my house, my bathroom and most of all, look at these melons!' She was delighted to know that aside from her beautiful face and her huge mansion, she was also gifted with a seductive body. 

She even held her globes to check if they're real. It seems like she finally graduated from b-cup to a c-cup.  In her last life, she was gifted with above average looks and body. But now, she has good sized chest and rear with very small waist! 

After her bath, donning a fluffy towel, she brushed her pearly white teeth while observing the white marbled bathroom. She noticed that everything looks so high-tech. Even the toilet seat looks like that of the ones found in Japan. There is also a shower room. All in all, Serena felt like she lives in a five-star luxury hotel.

Re-entering her walk-in closet she saw that the maid was still there. She then sat on the vanity while the maid removed the towel from her hair and started to blow-dry it with a hair dryer. 

Serena looked at the mirror and observed the maid. She looks like someone in her mid-twenties with brown hair and eyes. She looks kind, and her actions in taking care of her so far were careful. Aside from that, she doesn't know why but it seems like she looks somewhat familar

"Sorry to ask this but, what is your name again?" Serena asked. 

A little bit of confusion can be seen on the maid's face, she has no idea why her ladyship is asking for her name when she has already been serving her for almost year. However, despite the strangeness she still answered and elaborated.

"m'lady, my name is Beatrice, the daughter of your previous nanny Linda. I have been serving the ducal house for almost a year now"

'hmmm Beatrice, it seems like I heard that name before...' Serena contemplated. 'Actually, now that I think of it, it seems like everything I'm seeing is somewhat familiar... it's like I've read of them somewhere but I can't remember where....'

"m'lady, how do you like me to style your hair?" Beatrice asked after drying her hair.

"Where's my clothes? Let me wear them first before I decide"

Beatrice presented two dresses for Serena to choose from. It seems like there is no school uniform.

The dresses were both beautiful and quite luxurious for school wear. Then again, she is a daughter of a duke though she doesn't even know her name yet.

Both were victorian era like dresses, perhaps, that's the get-up here, she thought.

The first was a white 3/4 sleeve dress with dark pink floral prints and ribbons, while the second was an off shoulder blush pink dress with white lace and pearls.

Serena chose the pink dress due to the fact that it shows more skin. Well, what's the use of her beauty without showing it, right?

After getting dressed with the help of Beatrice, she decided to have her hair braided and curled. 

In her past life, one of the guilty pleasures Serena has is her love for beauty. Now that she herself became the ultimate beauty, how can she not enjoy it to the fullest?

Thus, after their preparation, she really looks like a goddess who descended on earth.

"m'lady Serena, you have always been beautiful, but today, you are even more beautiful! His highness prince Geoffrey, your fiancé, will not know what hit him!" Beatrice exclaimed.

Serena just smiled and looked at the mirror, very much satisfied and mesmerized by her own beauty.

It is only 10 seconds after that it dawned to her what the maid, Beatrice said.

'Daughter of a duke? Name same as hers? with a maid named Beatrice, and a Crown prince fiancé named Geoffrey? Haha! Don't tell me I transmigrated to my granddaughter's novel as the villainess!?'




To be continued...

Hoped you like this chapter!

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT

CHAPTER EXCERPT

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“Wait, someone might see.” Charlton said, recalling the glass window.

“I’m prepared for that.” Serena replied as she bent to open her bag on the floor and then took out a film like looking sticker. “I found this at the market yesterday.”

“I must say that I’m ill-prepared for this.” He noted as he furrowed his brows.

Serena stood up and gave him the sticker. Then she placed her right hand on the bulge of his pants, directly gripping his erection. “Well, I must say that you’re not. Now, do place the sticker on the window.”

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Serena Chen lived a life filled with love and success, while devoid of any hardship. So, when it was time to go, she went peacefully.

However, as if fate was playing its game on her, she opened her eyes again only to discover that she has transmigrated as Serena Maxwell, the villainess in the novel "A Cinderella story in Victorian fantasy era" written by her very own granddaughter.

Set in a Victorian-esque era, Serena Lilianne Maxwell was the only daughter of the Ducal house of Maxwell. She was rich, beautiful, a little haughty, and the fiancé of the crown prince. Every lady wants to be her, but sadly, the crown prince, Geoffrey, fell in love with Emily Evans, the daughter of an impoverished Baron. 

Seeing how young and beautiful she was again, her only thought was, since she already lived her past life as a normal decent lady, why not live as a semi-wanton lady of the era to fulfill her fantasies? 

Thus, she set her sights on her first target, Charlton Daniel, the only son of the duke of Suffox, cousin of the crown prince, and the original novel's second male lead. 

After some twists and turns, like any other sappy romantic story, the two inevitably fell in love. However, contrary to the novel's original plot, Geoffrey, the crown prince, who Serena was still  politically engaged to, fell for her. It would have been less complicated if the engagement was not one ordained by the king, but it was.

With this situation, what would Charlton and Serena have to do and what sacrifices must they make, to get to their happily ever after? 

Join them to find out.

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This novel will have romance, adventure, comedy, friendship, betrayal, politics, drama, smut, and so much more. 

(This will be a feast for historical drama and music lovers)

Just for clarification, the world Serena transmigrated to is a Victorian-esque era so it's not exactly historically accurate. Timelines may be jumbled specially when it comes to some technological advances, but I try to keep them as realistic as possible. 

BTW, if anyone is curious about the age, this is more historically accurate. People in Victorian era marries on average, 26 for male, and never dropped lower than 22 for female.

PS Cover art not mine, just edited by me
PSS This is an original story I wrote

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I also wish to thank Stephanie who made this MV for our Serena Charlton ship.

If anyone’s interested, please just search in youtube:

Serena charlton against all odds 

Or if you are geoffrey serena shipper she also made these MVs:

Geoffrey & Serena part(1)
Geoffrey & Serena part(2)
Geoffrey & Serena part(3)
and
Geoffrey & Serena part (4)

Thank you!!!
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Volume 3 will be dark so if you dont like then just stop reading in volume 2.

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