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. “Yes, you are.”

want to make it up to you, so I will start by helping you chop vegetables. It’s the least I can

a klutz and would probably end up cutting

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fingers.

to help you.”

I don’t want another

to visit

it! I’m helping!”

to stone when

is much shorter than me, head around my chest.

She is stinking adorable, and my heart

It’s frustrating.

touch Winnie, but I can’t. I shouldn’t. I try to turn the other way, but I’m drawn in by

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in your chest. Simply looking at her nakes

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head, and I sigh when she grabs a knife

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

around your arm or something?”

freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But I don’t need one. Just tell me what you need help with!”

living a dangerous life, and I open a drawer to take out a rubber band. “First off, you need to put up your hair. I don’t want you slicing up your fingers, Mrs. Klutz.”

She blinks up at me.

smile, just this once. “It’s what you are,” I

Winnie and mash down

up. I’m mad at her, damn

made it this far in

life.”

that

you ran into a

year of high school

around the new kid?

tip of her ears turns red, and

a one-time mistake…

shit happens…’

” I smile

emergency.”

are you

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things?!”

and Winnie turns

her long blonde hair in my hands. It

to hug the shit out of her. I’m

whenever I’m next to

just do… I also remember how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today

god!” Winnie exclaims. “I didn’t think anyone saw me! I was on my way to the

spectacle. Kinda wish

I want to touch her all over, see where else she can blush. Just inhaling the scent of her hair fills me with hunger, and when I’ve finished making her a

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I have to look away by

more things to admire about her

count the freckles

up my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy

for me

mutter and nod at

“You can cut up the salad

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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