CHAPTER 5: THE JERK

Winter’s POV

“Miss, excuse me? Miss?”

I opened my eyes and saw a man that has an eye patch on his right eye while looking at me. He was wearing a plain black shirt, faded jeans, and black cap. I roamed my eyes around the place and realized I was in a hospital. I immediately got up.

“W-Why am I here? What happened? Who are you?!”

“I-I’m Matthew. You accidentally hit my car a while ago. You lost your consciousness so I had to bring you here. But don’t worry, you just had a small cut on the side of your lips and a bump on your head but the nurse already cleaned it. And, I already paid the bill.” 

My brows furrowed. “Cut and bump on my forehead?! No!”

I immediately reached for a hand mirror to look at my face and I saw a small bump on my forehead. 

“No! I just went to my dermatologist yesterday! What happened to my beautiful face?!”

“D-Don’t worry, I think it will heal in about two to three days. And, it’s just a small bump anyway.” 

I glared at him. “A small bump?! Do you even know how important my appearance is?! It’s more important than your life!”

“E-Excuse me?”

“What if my fans see this?! They’ll surely think I’m so ugly!”

“Wait, why do you sound like you’re blaming me for what happened? You are the one who wasn’t watching where your car was going." He said, sounding so irritated.

I widened my eyes at him. “My fault?! Why didn’t you just avoid my car then?!”

“You know what? I have never encountered a woman like you before. I mean, someone like you who acts so ungrateful. You must thank me for bringing you here and even paying for your bills.”

“Hey, you one-eyed man!”

“W-What did you just call---

“Do you even know who I am?! I’m Winter Wesley!”

He looked at me, confusingly. “O…kay. I am so sorry, but I have to go now, Winter Wesley. I still have some important things to do.”

“W-What? H-Hey!!”

But the jerk didn’t bother looking at me again. He just continues running away until I could no longer see him. 

“That jerk! I will surely pop his eyes out when I see him again!” I yelled.

After a few minutes, the doctor arrived and told me I could already go home. I called Olivia to fetch me before some fans could even see me at the hospital.

***

“M-Miss Winter, what happened?” Olivia asked worriedly as soon as we both arrived at my house.

I took my glasses off and turned to her. “A jerk hit my car. I lost my consciousness and when I woke up, I was already at the hospital.”

“Oh my God, Miss Winter. I’m so glad you didn’t get hurt.”

I glared at her. “Who didn’t get hurt?! Are you blind?! Can’t you see the bump on my head?! Come on, bring me a cold compress!”

“Y-Yes, Miss Winter!”

I lay down on my bed as Olivia placed the cold compress on the bump on my head.

“M-Miss Winter, can I go home now?” she suddenly asked.

“Yeah, you may leave now.”

“Thank you, Miss Winter!”

As soon as Olivia left, my house went silent again. I reached for my phone above the side table and checked my I*******m account. There were so many notifications of my fans’ comments about the photo I posted this morning which already accumulated twenty million likes and twenty-one million comments.

‘Oh my God, you really are a Goddess!’

‘I love you so much, Queen Winter!’

‘You are the best!’

‘I wish I’m as beautiful as you!’

A smile appeared on my face as I was reading the comments of my fans. I put my phone back to the side table and stared at the ceiling of my room.

‘If only Winter is as smart and capable as her younger sister, then maybe she will have a better job than being a clown.’

They never really loved me. Mom and dad.

Even when we were just kids, they never treated me like their daughter. It was always Summer. Summer is the smartest, the best, Summer who will do nothing but our parents would still be proud of her. While me? No matter what I do will always be a failure to them. Winter can’t do anything. Winter is dumb. Winter is who they will never be proud of.

But it’s fine.

Because I still have fans who love me no matter what I do. They are the people who will appreciate everything about me. That is why I always do my best when I’m acting. Because that is the only world where I am accepted. Because in the real world, in the world of my family, I will always be the side character and will never be the main.