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.”

you, Jake, and…” Winnie is now getting up from her seat. “I want to make it up to you, so I will start by helping you chop vegetables. It’s the

is a klutz and

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fingers.

to

unnecessary.” I don’t

to visit the hospital.

it! I’m helping!”

turn to stone when Winnie

to stand beside me. She is much shorter than me, head around my chest.

stinking adorable, and my heart flutters at the sight

It’s frustrating.

try to turn

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

hard to stay mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in your chest.

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

far? Those bangs make her half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t

have a scrunchie around your arm

cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But

eyes at her. Winnie is definitely 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

Klutz?” She blinks up

“It’s what you

behind Winnie and

to pick her up. I’m mad at her, damn

you’ve made it this

life.”

that

when you ran into a

of high school

around

her ears

was a

shit happens…’

you started to hold on to my arm. ” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And you picked me, not Mark, because according to you, I was heavier with a bigger chance of stopping your fall

emergency.”

gasps. “How are you remembering

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things?!”

Winnie turns tense when

hair in

have to fight every instinct telling me to hug the shit out of her. I’m not a cuddler, but

whenever I’m

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

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

spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the entire thing. It was

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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to look away by force.

admire about her appearance, which is not good.

count the freckles

setting up my hair,” Winnie hands me

for

mutter and nod at the

“You can cut up the salad

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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