Synopsis

As heiress of Horan Holdings, a disgraced press company, Clare Horan moves to another school in her senior year of high school after losing her temper against a classmate.

That's when she meets Elliot Lockwood, son of a mega tycoon.

With winning smiles and a handsome face that turns many heads, Elliot is loved by everyone in school.

But Clare knows Elliot for who he is- a boy who sees people as tools, and a boy who cares for no one- even himself. Someone she should stay away from.

The pair end up in a relationship of give-and-take- to find out the truth behind the disappearance of Elliot's mother and the suspicious grounds on which Clare's father was put in prison for.

But soon enough, Clare sees Elliot for who he really is behind his charming smiles, quick wits and manners- a boy with unexplained bruises, a boy merely used as publicity tool of his adoptive family, and possibly, a boy who's running out of time- to live.

The story of Clare and Elliot. Clare, the crazy but sweet and Elliot, the sweet but crazy.

-@-

He was quiet for a moment, and then, slowly, shifted his head slightly and pressed his lips against my neck.

Fuck. My insides seemed to melt. By my sides, my fingers slackened.

"You want the shameless type or the bashful type?" Pulling his head away from my shoulder, Elliot straightened. Gently shifting his cap up, he looked at me, grinning. "You tell me what you want. I'll do just that."

~ * ~

"My strategy was to make you pity me, so that you'll help me more actively." Elliot smiled faintly. "But it kinda feels like shit, with you looking at me like that."

"Like what?"

"Like you sincerely sympathize with me."

Started uploads: 16 Sep 2021
Ended uploads: 24 June 2022