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

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 least

I really do. Winnie is a klutz and would probably end

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fingers.

to

I don’t want

visit the hospital.

fighting it! I’m

to stone

is much shorter than me, head

adorable, and my heart flutters at

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

who makes your heart sing oudly in your chest. Simply looking at her nakes me

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

her half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t put up

around your arm

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

drawer to take out a rubber band. “First off, you

Klutz?” She blinks

smile, just this once. “It’s what you

Winnie and mash down

pick her up. I’m mad

surprised you’ve made it this

life.”

not that

when you ran into

high

around

of her ears turns

was a

shit happens…’

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

emergency.”

“How are

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things?!”

turns tense

blonde hair in my hands. It

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

I’m next to Winnie.

remember how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today at

exclaims. “I didn’t think anyone saw me!

saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the entire thing. It

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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I have to look

find more things to admire about her appearance, which is

not count the freckles on

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

that for

I mutter and nod at the

can cut up the salad and put

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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