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.

met before, says in a rather bitchy tone.

drinks.”

other woman’s attitude,

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

away all negative energy and jealousy and focus on my friends.

to have fun.

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bar. The hockey guys I don’t know well aren’t with us.

cuddling with

her mind.

and got a babysitter, so she is

has called a cab

and her legs are dangling

Rebel and Logan, they are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly?

have this idea that I can’t

her. He called a

perfect for me.

feelings. Mark said Jake and Kelly weren’t exclusive or serious, and

it. So I wait. I order shots with

laugh, and have fun,

Rebel smirks

my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me

know he has

“Okay, here

is talking to some

feels like my blood is boiling when he is in the same room or paying me attention. I’m already

stomach does this unwelcome

forward.

front of him.

mouth.

who are

but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my

There you are!”

girl stares at

around him

but laugh. “What did you do that

all soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

thudding in my chest speeds up. I’m speechless. I didn’t expect Jake to

and he makes a smug face as I stare at

beating really

we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s

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