A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Jake

I’m not a very talkative person… or well. I talk easily to those close to me, and then I act reserved toward newcomers. I’ve always been like this, even from a young age. This made it hard for me to make friends as a kid,

but I was never bothered by that.

Winnie, my childhood friend and old

neighbor, made me feel seen throughout my

childhood.

Instead of ignoring me like everyone else

did, Winnie included me in everything. We were partners in crime, and I fell for her because she always smiled and made my day

better.

This is why Winnie has been on my brain for the past twenty-two years. People claim kids can’t fall in love and don’t know what those

emotions are, but trust me when I say that

I’ve loved Winnie for years. She has always been the one, but I’m starting to believe she doesn’t deserve me.

In the end, I never mattered as much to her

as she did to me…

I try to push that feeling aside and focus on the tacos I’m making. I chop some

vegetables and put some meat on the stove.

Winnie is sitting by the table, glancing at me whenever she thinks I’m not noticing it. Now that I’ve voiced my thoughts to her, she suddenly sees me, but karma is a bitch

because I wasn’t born yesterday. It will take

miracle for me to regain my interest in

Vell…

ou don’t get over someone you’ve liked for ears in a day, but I’m certainly chillier

ward her now. I asked Winnie to do

rands with me because I was too chicken

it to ask her out on a date. And what does

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she do? Break my freaking heart.

I’m still hurting….

However, she bought me the cookies we used to steal from the cupboard as kids, so my heart isn’t entirely frozen over. I’m also a nice guy, so it’s not like I won’t be her

friend.

“Jake?” Winnie asks in a low voice.

I don’t look at her from where I’m standing by the counter. My sole focus is on the cucumbers that I’m chopping for our tacos. ” Mhm?”

“I’m an asshole.”

almost smile. Almost. “Yes, you are.”

and…” Winnie is now getting up from her seat. “I want to make it up

is a klutz and would probably end

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fingers.

want to help

unnecessary.” I don’t

visit the hospital.

fighting it! I’m helping!”

to stone

is much shorter than me, head

heart flutters at the sight of

It’s frustrating.

can’t. I shouldn’t. I try to turn

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

stay mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in

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is a mess around her head, and I sigh when she grabs a knife without putting up her hair.

make her half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t put up her hair, the chances of her cutting herself are scarily high…

scrunchie around your arm or something?” I

and annoyingly cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling.

take out a rubber band. “First off, you need to put up your hair. I don’t want you slicing up your

blinks up at me.

“It’s what you are,”

behind Winnie and mash

I’m mad

surprised you’ve made it

life.”

that clumsy!”

when you ran into

of high school

showing around the new kid?

ears turns red,

“That was a

shit happens…’

my arm. ” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And you picked me, not Mark, because according to

emergency.”

“How are you

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things?!”

snort, and Winnie turns

long blonde hair in my

me to hug the shit out of

whenever I’m

you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today

didn’t think anyone saw me! I was on

too and saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the entire thing. It was

I swallow uncomfortably. I want to touch her all over, see where else she can blush. Just inhaling the scent of her hair

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to look away

I find more things to admire about her appearance, which is not good. I’m supposed to

the freckles on her

my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy smile. “I’ve

for me before.”

mutter and nod at the

can cut up the

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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