A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Winnie

“Hello, Winnie! Nice to see you!” Rebel

holds up her glass for me with a big cheer. She has switched places with Logan to sit on my left side when I walk up to the table.

Alice, however, isn’t sitting down. She

stands up from her seat and gets this

sparkly look on her face before coming to hug me. “Winnie!”

“Hi!” I hug her back. “How are you?”

“I’m good. How are you?”

Before I can answer, Nathan speaks. “Here she comes, my biggest rival in love: Winnie. I swear there is a romance going on here…” he sighs but hides a smile.

“Happy to see you too, big guy,” I tell him and pat his shoulder. “Have you gotten

thinner?”

He snorts. “Shut up! I’m working out harder than ever!”

I grin. “It shows—I’m just teasing!”

People around the table snicker, including Logan. I feel welcomed sitting by the large

table the Plaza Hotel has assembled for us.

“Oh, and since you wondered, I’m feeling pretty okay,” I inform Alice and beam at her. “Mark won’t be joining us, though. He needed to take care of something urgent.”

“We saw,” Alice sits down beside me, grimacing. “But you’re fine, right? We kind of assumed it was a friendly date anyway.”

“Oh, it was,” my eyes flicker to Jake, whose cold expression turns less icy after hearing

me confirm I’m not into Mark.

Interesting…

“I

It hits me then that Jake was probably mad because I told him, “I don’t date nice guys, and then I went here with Mark. He must

have been so confused, thinking I was a

hypocrite.

never met before, says in a rather bitchy

drinks.”

confused by the other woman’s

and Alice looks at me questioningly. I shrug at her-I don’t know why Kelly dislikes me. Unless

all negative energy and

have

***

The hockey guys I don’t know

not cuddling with anyone.

her mind.

and got a babysitter, so

has called a

and her legs are dangling down from his

they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging

to have this idea that I can’t hear

Jake is currently busy ignoring her. He called a cab for her. That, my friend,

perfect for me.

I will confess my feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive

wait. I order

have fun,

Rebel smirks at me.

get him,” she pushes the small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel. It’s not

he

swallow thickly. “Okay, here goes…

Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can!

is in the same room or

almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

in front of him. The

mouth.

who are

Jake beats me to it by saying,

There you are!”

up from the ground while the girl stares at

around him like a monkey, she storms

help but laugh. “What did you do that

leans in closer, voice all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made

speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to do that

I stare at him.

is beating really

we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I

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