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 a rather bitchy tone. “I would like for us to

drinks.”

surprise, seemingly confused by the other woman’s attitude, before she finds words. “Uh,

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

negative energy and jealousy

to have fun.

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a bar. The hockey guys I don’t

cuddling

of her mind. She is finally

got a babysitter, so

has called

are dangling down from

bar. And Kelly? She is drunk, clinging to Jake’s

have this idea that I can’t hear

ignoring her. He called a cab for

perfect for me.

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

wait. I order shots with Rebel

and have fun, and

Rebel smirks at

small of my back. While drinking, I told her of my plans, and now even Logan

know he

thickly. “Okay,

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

the same room or

My stomach does this unwelcome flip, and

forward.

in front of him. The girl

mouth.

who are you?”

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

There you are!”

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

wrap my legs around him like a monkey, she

can’t help but laugh. “What did you do that for,

soft. “She was rude to you, so I made sure

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

smug face as I stare at him. Eyebrows lifted, and a huge grin. “Your

beating really fast.”

embarrassed. It’s as if my brain just now realizes that we are practically hugging. My hands are on Jake’s broad shoulders, eyes locked onto his face. I don’t know what to