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

to make it up to you, so I will start by helping you chop vegetables. It’s the least

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

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fingers.

want to help

unnecessary.” I don’t want

visit

fighting it! I’m

turn to stone

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

stinking adorable, and my heart flutters at the sight of her.

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

and it’s hard to stay mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in

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is a mess around her head, and I sigh when

Winnie doesn’t put up her hair, the chances

you have a scrunchie around your arm or something?” I

heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But I

a dangerous life, and I open a drawer to take out a rubber band. “First off,

blinks up at

just this once. “It’s what

and mash down the

up. I’m mad at

made it this far

life.”

that

when you ran into a pole

second year of high school because

around the new

ears turns red, and she

was a one-time

shit happens…’

like once a week 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?!”

turns tense when I

blonde hair in my hands.

fight every instinct telling me to hug the shit

me whenever I’m next

how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today at

me! I was on my way to

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

where else she can

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to look

find more things to admire about her appearance,

not count the freckles on

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

that for me

welcome…” I mutter and nod at the

the

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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