A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 47

Winnie

I stare after Jake as he storms to the cash registers. My heart is telling me I’ve messed up badly, and I don’t know what to do.

Do you ever say stuff you wish you could take back? My biggest flaw is that I talk without a filter. I speak first, think later, and it’s a huge problem that I don’t know how to get rid of.

I sigh and hear a chuckle from behind one of the shelves. A dude is standing there with a stroller. He looks like a beefcake and smirks when he notices me looking at him.

“Are you laughing at me?” I ask in a suspicious tone.

“You bet I am,” there is no shyness in his voice, and I find it rather rude that he seems to find amusement in my defeat. “Mind if I

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give you a piece of advice, kid?”

“Kid?” I question. This guy can’t be much older than me. He is tall and sporting a scary beard, but he can’t be older than thirty.

“Yeah, it’s what I call youngsters in love,” he chuckles to himself and focuses his intense eyes on mine. “That guy you just fought with, if you want to remain his friend, I suggest you go and tell him that you’re an asshole. Better get it out there on the field quickly. If he knows you’re aware of your own shitty personality, chances are he might forgive you easier-take it from

someone whose wife is way too good for him.

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I stare blankly at him, and the guy winks at me before taking down cookies from the top shelf. He packs like twenty packages under his stroller but holds one package for me.

“These are my go-to when my wife is mad at me. I suggest you bring sugar to your man and maybe some chips and dip. The

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barbecue flavor is pretty damn good.”

Is this guy for real? I keep staring at him, gaping like a goldfish, while he continues. talking.

this but feels too guilty to buy them. A gift, however, is different. If it’s given by someone, you have permission to eat it because you wouldn’t want to make the person who

the guy is funny but because of how freaking bizarre it is to get relationship advice from him. Though, if

him that I’m an asshole-got it. Anything else the wise man would like

hair and tanned skin, but his beard is a mix of sandy and brown. “That guy,

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not see you guys becoming more than friends?”

me? “I sigh.

PISSED,” my Cupid, in bearded man’s clothing, bends down to pick up another cookie package. ” Here, you will need this more than I do.”

my chest. “Thank you so much for this. I

you might need to play dirty to win over

grimace. “Jake is pretty and all, but…” I remember the kiss

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most alive I’ve felt in

curious if we could become more…

if you want him,

playing nice, so getting naked it

“What?!”

heard me,” he puffs out his chest and wears this look that says trying to argue with him is pointless. “If you want

“Jake.”

day, but since he is pissed and might do something stupid, like sleeping with another, you must seduce him tonight. Strip

bulging out of their sockets. ” What? Are you sure that’s

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do?!”

a guy-trust me on this.”

I turn toward the cash registers and notice that Jake is standing there. He was

but came back for me, and now, he is

your man is back, so I

again… err… what is

“Maddox Daniels,” he winks at me again, grinning. “If you need more relationship advice, just look up my number. I’m down for helping other idiots in love. My wife is used to

what he told me. The man feels legit. “Well, my name is Winnie, and I might look up

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“Anytime!”

pissed off this time, and even after stopping in front of me, he glares in the direction Maddox