Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Winter's POV

"Winter, I want you to meet Ian Lewis. Ian Lewis, this is Winter Wesley. The two of you will be playing the lead roles in the drama, My Pretty Mermaid." said the producer.

I just glanced at Ian then I averted my gaze again while drinking my iced coffee. "Umm, okay."

"Is that how you really greet your leading man?"

"Well, yeah. Any problem with that?" I said, without looking at him.

He laughed sarcastically. "Your management must spoil you too much. Because you're the highest paid celebrity in the country, you're already treating other people like they owe you something."

That made me glare at him. "What did you say?"

"Er... Winter and Ian, please don't fight here. You are going to work with each other for a few months, so please get along well."

I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Whatever. I will never o to any shooting if that moron doesn't behave well."

"W-What did you just call me?!"

"E-Enough now. Okay, let's just meet again tomorrow for the photoshoot. You may all leave now."

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"Winter, you shouldn't have treated Ian like that. You know he can quit playing the role of your leading man any time he wants to." Haley started reprimanding me as soon as we stepped inside my dressing room.

I sat on the couch and folded my arms as I looked at her. "He should be the one watching his words if he still wants me to continue being his leading lady. It will be their loss, not mine."

"It will be their loss, and ours. You know, you may not be aware, but Ian is the most famous actor in the country right now. So, if ever you're thinking about someone to have a dating rumor for publicity, it should be him."

"Oh, Winter."

After arguing, I decided to leave the management company building and was about to step inside my car when someone suddenly blocked my way. I looked up and immediately saw the moron I was talking to a while ago.

"What do you want from me?" I asked him.

"Can we have some coffee for a while?"

I raised an eyebrow at him. "I don't have any time to waste on you. Just get off my face now."

"You have no choice but to go with me, Winter. Let's go now," he said then he grabbed me by the hand and dragged me with him.

"W-What do you think are you doing?! Let go of me now!"

He didn't stop dragging me with him, so I kicked his legs, then his butt, making him yell out of pain. He glared at me. "What the hell?! Who do you think you are to kick me like that?!"

"And who the hell do you think you are to drag me like that?! Do you even know I can sue you anytime?!"

"And my family can bail me out any time, too."

"Ian. Stop bugging me now if you still want to continue the drama. You know it will never be my loss, it's yours. So if I were you, I would behave well and try my best to match the talent of my leading lady."

After that, I turned around and walked toward my car.

"You should be the one watching your every move, Winter. You know I can tell the world about your greatest secrets."

My eyes widened because of what he had just said. I looked at him again with my heart beating so fast. "W-What are you talking about?"

"You never really changed, Winter. You're still as spoiled as before. But whenever I talk about that secret, you get terrified too fast." he said with a smirk on his face.

"Don't you ever dare tell—

"Oh, so you're scared now? The highest-paid actress in the country gets scared over some petty things---

"Shut up! Just don't you dare open your mouth and tell people about that or you're dead."

"Oh, I'm scared," he said sarcastically.

After talking to that bastard, I stepped inside my care and went home to take some rest.

Ian Lewis was one of my classmates back when I was in middle school. I really used to hate him ever since he even confessed to me during our graduation, but I rejected him in front of so many people. He kept a grudge against me ever since that day. I just heard that he became an actor too, a few years ago.

And one time, he figured out my greatest secret that no one knows.

And now, he's using that against me.

Just great.

If someone ever finds out about that, that would be the end of my career. That's a secret that even my family doesn't know about. A secret that I have to keep forever.