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.”

smile. Almost.

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

do. Winnie is a klutz

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fingers.

want to help

unnecessary.” I don’t want another

to visit

fighting it! I’m

turn to stone when Winnie

is much shorter than me, head around my chest.

She is stinking adorable, and my heart flutters

It’s frustrating.

hands are itching to touch Winnie, but I can’t. I shouldn’t. I try to turn the other way,

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

who makes your heart sing oudly in your

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

half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t put up her hair, the chances of

scrunchie around your arm or something?”

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

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.”

blinks

“It’s what you are,” I

Winnie and mash down

to pick her up. I’m mad at

you’ve made it this far in

life.”

that clumsy!”

ran into a pole

of high school because

showing around

tip of her ears turns red, and

“That was a one-time mistake…

shit happens…’

fell on your ass like once a week on your way to school in the past. Pretty sure that’s why 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

emergency.”

gasps. “How are you

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things?!”

turns tense when

her long blonde hair in

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

me whenever I’m next to Winnie.

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

saw me! I was on my way to the vending machine!”

there too and saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the

I swallow uncomfortably. 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

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have to look away by force.

Winnie, I find more things to admire about her appearance, which

not count the freckles

up my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy smile. “I’ve never had a guy

for me

welcome…” I mutter and nod at the

the salad and put it

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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