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, you are.”

“I want to make it up to you, so I

really do. Winnie is a klutz and would probably end up cutting her

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fingers.

want to help you.”

I don’t want

to visit the hospital.

it!

to stone when

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

stinking adorable, and my heart flutters at the

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

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

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mess around her head, and I sigh when she

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

your arm or something?” I

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 your hair. I don’t want you slicing up your fingers, Mrs. Klutz.”

blinks up at

once. “It’s

and mash down the

to pick her up. I’m mad at

it this far

life.”

that clumsy!”

you ran into a pole in

year of high

around

tip of her ears turns red,

“That was a one-time

shit happens…’

past. Pretty sure that’s why you started to hold on to my arm. ” I smile at the memory. It’s

emergency.”

“How are you remembering these

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things?!”

snort, and Winnie turns tense

blonde hair in

like fruity shampoo, and I have to fight every instinct telling me to hug the shit out of her. I’m not a cuddler, but

whenever I’m next to

just do… I also remember how you slipped

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

there too and saw the whole spectacle.

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

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look

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

her, not count the freckles on

setting up my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy

that for me before.”

welcome…” I mutter and nod at

cut up the salad and put it

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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