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. “Yes, you are.”

Winnie is now getting up from her seat. “I want to make it up to you, so I will start by helping

do. Winnie is a klutz and would probably end up

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fingers.

to help you.”

unnecessary.” I don’t want

to visit the

fighting it!

turn to stone

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

and my heart flutters at the

It’s frustrating.

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

  1. Have there ever been a more tortured

man?

mad at someone who makes your heart sing oudly in your chest. Simply looking

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

doesn’t put up her hair, the

scrunchie around your arm or

at me, all dazzling teeth and annoyingly cute freckles. My heart clenches, but I ignore that feeling. “But I don’t need one. Just tell me what you need help

out a rubber band.

She blinks

this once. “It’s what

Winnie and mash

pick her up. I’m mad at her, damn

surprised you’ve made it

life.”

not that

ran into a pole

second year of high

showing around the new

of her ears turns red,

a one-time

shit happens…’

” I smile at the memory. It’s a fond one. And you

emergency.”

“How are

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things?!”

turns tense

long blonde hair in my

I have to fight every instinct telling me to

I’m

by talking. “I just do… I also remember how you slipped and fell on your ass earlier today at

Winnie exclaims. “I didn’t think anyone saw me! I was on my way

“I was heading 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 fills me with hunger, and when I’ve finished

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have to look away by

Winnie, I find more things to admire about her appearance, which is

count the freckles on her nose.

hands me a shy smile. “I’ve

that for me

welcome…” I mutter and nod at

up the salad and put

in a bowl.”

“Yes, sir!”

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