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.

it up to you, so

I really do. Winnie is a klutz and would probably

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fingers.

to help you.”

don’t

visit

fighting it! I’m helping!”

stone when

beside me. She is much shorter than

is stinking adorable, and my heart flutters at the

It’s frustrating.

Winnie, but I can’t. I shouldn’t. I try to turn the other way, but

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

your heart sing oudly in your chest. Simply looking at her nakes me start to

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

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

your arm or something?” I ask.

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

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

blinks

just this once. “It’s what you

behind Winnie and mash

up. I’m mad at

surprised you’ve made it this

life.”

not that

into a pole in

year of high school because

excited showing around the

of her ears turns

“That was a

shit happens…’

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 you, I was heavier with a bigger chance of stopping your

emergency.”

gasps. “How are

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things?!”

Winnie turns tense when

blonde hair in my hands. It

to hug the shit out of her. I’m not

whenever I’m next

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

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

too and saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I

see where else she can blush.

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I have to look

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

not count the freckles

me a

that for

and nod at

can cut up the salad

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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