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 are.”

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

got this.” I really do. Winnie is a klutz and

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fingers.

want to

I don’t want another

to visit

it! I’m

stone

much shorter than me, head around my chest.

my heart flutters at the sight of

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?

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

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is a mess around her head, and I sigh

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

a scrunchie around your

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

Winnie is definitely living a dangerous life, and I open a drawer to take out a

She blinks

“It’s what you are,”

Winnie and mash

I’m

it this

life.”

that

when you ran into

second year of high school because

around the new

her ears turns red,

“That was a

shit happens…’

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 a fond one. And you picked me, not Mark, because according to you, I was heavier with a bigger chance of stopping your fall in case of

emergency.”

gasps. “How are you remembering

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things?!”

and Winnie turns tense when

her long blonde hair in my hands.

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

me whenever I’m next to

also remember how you slipped and fell on your

saw me! I was on my

saw the whole spectacle. Kinda wish I had

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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to look away by force.

I look at 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 smile. “I’ve never had

that for me

I mutter and nod

can cut up the salad and put it

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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