A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

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.

on with the celebrations?” Kelly, who I’ve never met before, says in

drinks.”

by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh, of course?”

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

energy and jealousy and focus on

to have fun.

***

aren’t at the hotel anymore, but getting drunk at a bar. The hockey guys I

not cuddling

drunk out of her mind.

a babysitter,

Nathan. He has called a cab

and her legs are dangling down from his lap.

are doing shots. by the bar. And Kelly? She is

this idea

called a cab

perfect for me.

Jake

it. So I wait. I order shots with Rebel

laugh, and have fun, and once

Rebel smirks

I told her of my plans, and now even Logan is cheering me on. “Tell him how you feel.

he has options.”

thickly. “Okay, here goes…

the bar and set the course for the corner of the bar. Jake is talking to some girl, and my heart pounds faster and faster. Can I do this? Yes. Yes, I can!

same room or paying me

I almost bail. My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and by

forward.

standing in front of him. The girl scowls at

mouth.

who are you?”

eyebrow at her, but Jake beats me to it by saying, “Winnie, my best friend!

There you are!”

from the ground while the girl stares at us. I’m shocked. The girl is shocked. And once I place my hands on Jake’s

legs around him like

can’t help but laugh. “What did

was rude to you, so I made sure to put her in place.”

my chest speeds up. I’m speechless.

he makes a smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin.

is beating really

if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked