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. “Yes, you

Winnie is now getting up from her seat. “I want to make it up

Winnie is a klutz and

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fingers.

to

I don’t want another

visit the

fighting it! I’m

turn to stone when

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

my heart flutters at the sight of her.

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

and it’s hard to stay mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in your chest. Simply looking at her nakes me start to

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is a mess around her head, and I sigh when she grabs

if Winnie doesn’t put

your arm or something?”

annoyingly cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore

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

blinks up

once. “It’s what you are,” I

Winnie and mash down

I’m mad at

surprised you’ve made it this far in

life.”

not that

when you ran into a pole

high school

around the

her ears

“That was a

shit happens…’

” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And you picked

emergency.”

are you remembering these

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things?!”

and Winnie turns

blonde hair in my hands.

telling me to hug the

me whenever I’m next to Winnie.

by talking. “I just do… I also remember how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today at the hospital.”

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

there too and saw the whole spectacle.

and I swallow uncomfortably. I want to touch her all over, see where else she can blush. Just

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I have to look

find more things to admire about her appearance, which is not good. I’m supposed to

the freckles on

me a shy smile.

for me before.”

and

cut up the salad and put

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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