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 smile. Almost. “Yes,

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

really do. Winnie is a klutz and

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fingers.

want to help you.”

don’t want another

to visit the

fighting it!

stone when Winnie

stand beside me. She is much shorter than me, head around

adorable, and my heart

It’s frustrating.

I try to turn the other way, but I’m drawn in by her beautiful eyes.

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

oudly in your chest. Simply looking at

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

doesn’t put up her hair, the chances of her cutting herself are scarily high…

have a scrunchie around your arm or

up at me, all dazzling teeth and annoyingly cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that

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?” She blinks up at me.

just this once. “It’s

behind Winnie and mash down the

her up. I’m mad at her,

surprised you’ve made it this far in

life.”

not that

you ran into a pole

year of high school because you

around the new kid?

tip of her ears turns red,

was a one-time

shit happens…’

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

emergency.”

gasps. “How are you

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things?!”

snort, and Winnie turns tense when I

her long blonde hair in

fight every instinct telling me to hug the shit out of her. I’m

whenever I’m

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

me! I was on my way to the vending

laugh. “I was heading there too and saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the entire thing. It was funny.”

turns redder, and I swallow uncomfortably. I want to touch her all over, see where else she can blush. Just inhaling the scent

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I have to look away by

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

her, not count the freckles on her nose.

hands me a shy smile. “I’ve never had a

that for me before.”

welcome…” I mutter and nod at the

the salad and put it

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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