Aciee_GelaTin

“With every hour, day, and month I wait, I love you more.” 

Here is where the boss submits and the lady dominates.

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"A CEO hitting on a high school girl? Oh, how scandalous, Sir~”

She is a sly teenager who likes to tease adults, use blackmail and ruin dates. 

But beneath that playful facade, she was once a naive heiress who was abused, mocked and neglected. Forced in a loveless marriage, she became even more miserable. For all her life, she tried to be perfect to gain acceptance, but in the end, nobody truly cared for her. 

Now that she went back in time after dying in the hands of her family, she decided to claim what was rightfully hers. 

"Hitting on you? Excuse me, who're you again? I don't think any girl would just ruin my date for no good reason – highschooler or not. That's unless you're actually a fan," was what her flirt of a future husband once said in this second life of hers.

Though a jerk, this hot stuff has his uses other than being attractive. She needed him to get back on those who wronged her no matter how indifferent he was to her before. This time around, she will take her turn to piss people off while smiling all sweetly.

With that in mind, she leaned closer to him and smiled as sweetly as she just imagined, making him drop his smug smirk and raise his brows in surprise.

"I'm not your fan – I'm your future wife, you douchebag."

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Winter used to live with her adoptive older brother until her biological uncle and adoptive sister found her.
 
She was a long-lost heiress whose deceased parents turned out to be an affluent and wealthy couple. While people would think that she was very fortunate, all this really did to her was take her freedom away. A whole new identity had been forced on her ever since.

Meek and docile yet soft-hearted and hardworking – that she became. 

Trapped in expectations, Winter worked herself to death in order to be deserving of her position as the successor. Pressured by her family, she had to follow everything they said. Deprived of the freedom to decide, she was forced to marry someone who was older than her by seven years – and worse, a flirt of all things.
 
Winter worked very hard but only to lose everything after her adoptive sister took the spotlight away. 

Everyone claimed her to be incapable of being the next head of their family business, thus making the adopted daughter the successor instead. Her uncle only used her in the end. This was what they were aiming for all along – to manipulate her and steal her inheritances before throwing her out entirely.

Never did Winter expect that the first and last person who would at least pay attention to her at her worst was her husband, Marcellus. 

Flirtatious and playful yet detached and secretive – that he was. 

Devilishly handsome, head of a business empire, known for many notable attainments, and chased by beauties – Marcellus is a man of perfection. Not once did he treat Winter like a wife, though. She was nothing to him, and so was he to her. But before she met her eventual demise, he was the only person who tried to help her. 

Yet it was much too late. 

The next time they met again would be seven years back in time – where they would be a scheming duo of a bossy high school girl and a submissive conglomerate president.

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[Warning: Mature Content]

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High School Again: The President's Secret Lady Boss

With Winter finally getting Marcellus to approve of her, she can start with the real deal at last.


Even though he does not completely trust her yet, she will make use of certain opportunities to prove herself even more. She is aware that he is going to test her, and she is more than fine with that. After all, she is in a mission to gather more people on her side before she gets found by her biological family. 


In order to build connections and form relationships, she will have to meddle not only in his business, but in others' too. 


Right before Winter left that morning, August managed to find her going out.


It's unusual to see him up so early in a weekend. He would've still been on bed around this time. That's why she decided to sneak out right then to avoid another long-winded interrogation from him. 


"Going out. Somewhere," Winter said without looking.


"Where exactly? You've been going out a lot more often now. Even during weekdays, you'd stay out so late," August continued to question her concerning behavior. 


"Just let me be. I won't bring you any trouble, okay? I'm not messing around or hanging out with friends. I know what I should and should not do-"


"If you're not meeting with your friends, then who?"


She stilled at that, taken aback at how he asked it with emphasis and the realization that she slipped. 


He was really starting to get suspicious of her actions. She didn't expect that he'd carry on with this since he's rarely around in the first place. He wouldn't have anything to be worried about if he didn't even know what she'd been doing these days.


If anything, he's only paying attention to her now since she's acting out of character - perhaps, even out of his control as well. 


"I never thought you'd ask..." she trailed off with sarcasm in her tone before turning to look and smile at him.


"But even if you didn't, it's still none of your business."


Winter did not get to see how her words hurt August at that moment since she already went ahead and took her leave. 


The feeling that he did something wrong had gotten stronger than ever. The feeling that she would never go back to the way she was before had become more apparent to him. And most importantly, the feeling that he needed to do something about this before it got worse had finally taken over him. 


"Just what is it that you're hiding from me, Winter?" August thought out loud as he only continued to look at the direction where Winter left off to. 


Marcellus should have already expected this. 


Of course, Winter would show up again. This time, she appeared at the place where he had an important appointment that day. He thought that she would only do something like this when he was on a date. 


'That girl... She's just all over the place.'


Marcellus can't help but think that as soon as he spots Winter sitting around the lounge of the hotel where he's meeting up with a business partner. 


Continued Estrangement