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?”

has

and hesitant about whether or not

mouth.

out my own chair. “Why do you

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

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

You’ve always been my partner in crime, and… I wanted to keep it that

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

now?”

the answer to that question, and please don’t insult my intelligence by

the corner of his lip and realize

“Yeah, yeah… you don’t get over a person within a day and all

Jake drinks more water, then adds, “Also, aside

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me in every ridiculous plan that your amazing mind can conjure. You’re also exactly

is hilarious. “That is rather hard to believe. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not ugly, by no means. I have some self-confidence, but I know what sort of women your

date.”

He blinks in confusion.

“Jocks.”

but I can see a curious light in his big, blue eyes.

“What sort of women do my people

or influencers,” I shrug. Those girls that wake up looking perfect with a bun on the top of their head and some hair spilling out of it… also, if they fill like it, they

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

don’t.”

a grudge toward those girls?”

teasing right now. I don’t hold a grudge against influencers. A friend

amused. “I might need them for

I laugh. “Wife-hunting…”

winks at me. “Yeah, so

me about

to

see… the women your kind is interested in never have a bad hair day.

nor use the toilet. They are tall, with shiny hair,

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a filter or

Jake says, grinning, and I just know he is

all here for

tall woman and not bother with me. The Lord knows my short legs won’t grow

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he looks genuinely confused for a moment. “Are you unhappy

admit. “Like, I’m

around a group of taller women,

early and towered over

my class back in the day.

past me. I felt pretty humiliated when all my

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compare themselves to me.”

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