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,

and…” Winnie is now getting up from her seat. “I want to make it up to you, so I will start by

really do. Winnie is a klutz and

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fingers.

want to

unnecessary.” I don’t want

visit

it! I’m helping!”

turn to stone when Winnie

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

and my heart flutters at the sight

It’s frustrating.

shouldn’t. I try to turn

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

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

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her head, and I sigh when she grabs a knife without putting

her half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t put up her

have a scrunchie around your arm or

annoyingly cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But I don’t need

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

Klutz?” She blinks up at

once. “It’s

Winnie and mash down

to pick her up. I’m mad

made it

life.”

that

ran into a pole in

second year of high

showing around the new

of her ears turns

was a one-time

shit happens…’

why you started to hold on to my arm. ” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And

emergency.”

gasps. “How are you

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things?!”

turns

her long blonde hair in my

like fruity shampoo, and I have to fight every instinct telling me to hug the shit

whenever I’m next to Winnie.

by talking. “I just do… I also remember how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier

saw me!

whole 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

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look away by force.

look at Winnie, I find more things to admire about her

count the

hair,” Winnie hands me a shy smile.

for me before.”

and nod at the

can cut up the salad and put

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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