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,

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

klutz and would probably end up cutting her

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fingers.

want to help

I don’t want

visit the hospital.

fighting it!

turn to stone

up to stand beside me. She is much shorter

and my heart flutters at the sight of

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

someone who makes your heart sing oudly

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

Winnie doesn’t put up her hair, the chances of her cutting herself are

you have a scrunchie around your arm or

clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But I don’t need one. Just tell me what you need

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

Klutz?” She blinks up at

smile, just this once. “It’s

and mash

to pick her up. I’m mad at

you’ve made it this

life.”

not that

ran into a pole

of high school because

showing around

her ears turns

was a one-time mistake…

shit happens…’

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

emergency.”

are

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things?!”

turns tense

blonde hair in my

telling me to hug the shit out of her. I’m not a cuddler, but my

whenever I’m next to Winnie.

you slipped

god!” Winnie exclaims. “I didn’t think anyone saw me! I was

saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I

face turns redder, and 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

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I have to look away by force.

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

count the

you for setting up my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy

for

I mutter and nod at

cut up the

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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