A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Winnie

Ritva’s kitchen is spotless. The floor is immaculate. Every little nook and cranny has been polished and cleaned. The handles of every cabinet are neat, and I feel so freaking proud of myself.

“Good job, Winnie!” I tell myself as I wipe

my forehead on the back of my hand,

smiling at the sparkling kitchen.

I’m so amazed by my work that I don’t

notice Jake until my back crashes into his wet form.

“Oh, sorry!”

“No problem,” his hands are on my shoulders, and he moves me aside to walk over to the tap.

I follow him with my eyes, gaping at the

view. He is only wearing a towel around his waist, and woah. Did he always look like

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I stare at the corded muscles on his back, a bit taken aback. I don’t get to admire him too much, though. He quickly turns around with a glass of water brought to his lips. “I expected you to be long gone.”

“Oh,” I straighten myself, smiling

awkwardly. “I found more and more areas to clean, but I’m done now.”

“It looks very clean in here.”

“Thank you.

He gives me a sly, calculating look. “Did you take more time cleaning just so you could lag behind?”

I miraculously manage to keep my smile. It’s easy to get distracted by Jake’s half-

nakedness, the seductive note in his sly

voice, and how he looks at me as if he wants O LOOK AT him.

Maybe? I was hoping we could talk.”

Without showing any emotion, Jake keeps

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staring into my eyes with an intensity that has me questioning whether he is pissed off or if he always looks so intimidating. Like, we have known each other for years, but I’m only now starting to REALLY pay attention

to him.

“Sure, I have time,” he walks over to the fridge, grabs a beer, and then heads over to sit by the table. I watch him pop it open, but he doesn’t even glance at me. Instead, his voice goes chillier. “Well? Start talking. What are you waiting for?”

pounds against my ribcage, but I don’t know why. Could it be because Jake has always been approachable?

hesitant about whether or not I should open my big

mouth.

own chair. “Why do

surprised by my blunt question, he doesn’t show it. I’m glad

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play dumb. He hasn’t said the exact words, yet we both know how he feels about

crime, and… I wanted to keep it that way. That’s the reason I wanted to ask you out and why I was planning on getting there.”

pout, a bit irritated by his use of past tense. “Does it mean you’re over

now?”

question, and please don’t insult my intelligence

the slight of the corner of his lip and realize he is

get over a person within a day

water, then adds, “Also, aside from liking to hear you laugh.

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your amazing mind can conjure. You’re also exactly my type appearance- wise. I think

I’m not ugly, by no means. I have some self-confidence, but I know what sort of women your

date.”

He blinks

“Jocks.”

let it show on his face, but I can see a curious light in his big, blue eyes. He also looks massively

women do my people date?”

hair spilling out of

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their own skin routine and their own branded bottles, which they claim they religiously use every morning in their videos, even though

don’t.”

hold a grudge toward those girls?”

just who you NHL people. date…” I’m half teasing right now. I

so I can take notes,” Jake sounds amused. “I might need

I laugh. “Wife-hunting…”

at me. “Yeah, so chop-chop, I

me about the woman we’

like to date.”

the women your kind is interested in never have

nor use the toilet. They are

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it’s a filter or if they were just born

neck,” Jake says, grinning, and I

here for

perhaps you should find yourself a tall woman and not bother with

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frown, and he looks genuinely confused for a moment. “Are

“Like,

taller women, I feel

height early and towered

back in the day. But

grew past me. I felt pretty humiliated when all

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compare themselves to me.”

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