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?”

don’t know why. Could it be because Jake has always been approachable? The funny thing is that I preferred him to be nice.

I’m uncomfortable and hesitant about whether or not I should open

mouth.

pull out my own chair.

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

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

it that way. That’s the reason I wanted to ask you out and why I was planning on getting

use of past tense. “Does it mean you’re

now?”

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

slight of the corner of his lip

my seat. “Yeah, yeah… you don’t get over a person within a day and all that. I

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

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how you include me in every ridiculous plan that your amazing mind can conjure. You’re also exactly my type appearance- wise. I

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

date.”

He blinks

“Jocks.”

he is trying not to let it show on his face, but I can see a curious light

women do

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

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bottles,

don’t.”

you hold a grudge toward those girls?”

people. date…” I’m half teasing right now. I don’t hold

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

I laugh. “Wife-hunting…”

me. “Yeah, so chop-chop,

hear this. Tell me about

to

let’s see… the women your kind is interested

do they ever fart nor use the toilet. They are tall, with shiny hair, and

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if it’s a filter or if they were just

Jake says, grinning, and I just know

for the war, though.

“Then perhaps you should find yourself a tall woman and not bother with me. The Lord knows my short legs won’t grow any longer.

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genuinely confused for a moment. “Are you unhappy with

I admit. “Like, I’m not super

not tall either. So, when I’m around a group of taller women, I feel more childish than them, you know? I reached my

height early and towered

class back in the

I felt pretty humiliated when all

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compare themselves to me.”

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