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

want to make it up to you, so I will start by helping you

klutz and would probably end up cutting her own

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fingers.

want to help you.”

don’t want

to visit

it! I’m helping!”

turn to stone when

She is much shorter than me,

She is stinking adorable, and my heart flutters at the sight

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 beautiful eyes. Fuck

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

sing oudly in your chest. Simply

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her head, and I sigh when she

bangs make her half-blind, and if Winnie doesn’t put up her hair, the chances of

you have a scrunchie around your

I ignore that feeling. “But I don’t need

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

Klutz?” She blinks up at

smile, just this once. “It’s what you are,”

and mash down the

up. I’m mad at

surprised you’ve made it this

life.”

that clumsy!”

ran into a

high school

around the new kid?

ears

was a

shit happens…’

you started to hold on to my arm. ” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And you picked me, not Mark,

emergency.”

“How are you

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things?!”

snort, and Winnie turns

blonde hair

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

whenever I’m next to Winnie.

also remember how you slipped and fell

saw me! I was on my way to

the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had filmed the entire thing. It was funny.”

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 hunger, and when

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to look away by

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

her, not count the freckles

setting up my hair,” Winnie hands me a shy smile.

for

mutter and

the salad

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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