My Fake Villain Romance

Cael transmigrates into a novel as the villainous side character whose job is to bully the male lead, Rhett. The System forces him to complete tasks, but Cael is too timid even to hit anyone. Rhett, supposedly the bullied victim, can actually hear Cael’s conversations with the System from day one, and he knows the “Hate Meter” is really a “Love Meter.” Rhett pretends to be obedient and pitiful, slowly trapping Cael at his side. While “bullying” Rhett, Cael buys him clothes, defends him, and protects him, falling deeper instead. Later, the original male lead, Vance, warns Cael that the System is suspicious, and Rhett’s true nature emerges. Cael realizes he was played, but he no longer wants to return to his old world. In the end, the System task line collapses, Rhett releases the System, and Vance leaves. Cael and Rhett stay in the same world, turning a “task relationship” into a real one.