A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 57

Winnie

I didn’t wake up on earth today; I woke up in heaven. Jake is snoring lightly behind me, and his muscular arms are around me. He is warm in the cold room, the perfect furnace.

My hand squeezes his enormous forearm that is crossed over my chest. He is holding me like I’m precious. A smile spreads over my lips, but it disappears when I hear banging on my bedroom door.

“Jake?!”

Its Mark.

“Go

.I’m Jake growls at his brother, and when

I jump in fright at his voice, it only makes him pull me back so that his naked chest turns into a hard wall behind

“I wouldn’t fucking think so…” he mutters behind me in a voice that seems deeper in the morning. “You’re staying with me. I’ve waited way too long for this-”

“Oh… is Winnie with you?” Mark still hasn’t left. “That’s good. I was worried about her-

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“YES, Winnie is in here!” Jake interrupts, irritated with his brother. “Now, leave already! We are trying to fucking sleep!”

Loud giggles escape from my mouth. ” Trying to sleep?” My lips won’t stop twitching from my amusement. “How am I supposed to sleep when you’re yelling like that?”

Jake breathes a laugh and stretches until his lips are on my neck, nipping at the skin there. “I’m sorry…

from the big man behind me. Part of me can’t believe I’m sharing a bed with Jake. My childhood friend, and honestly, perhaps my best

warm at that

to realize I like him. Not like like, but

everything put together. Jake has a career, a big flat, eats healthily, has a body to prove it, and is an athlete

hickeys on my neck is out of my league. That much is clear. Whatever this is, it might

Or it won’t?

like to think there is a chance

before becoming an attorney, but maybe Jake won’t mind the distance between our

My stomach plummets.

in the way he touches me. It speaks of a man who knows I love

“Mhm?”

know what

his hug me closer. “What

not or never, and I choke out the words. ”

When he doe speak, he sounds playful and happy. “I’m failing to see the problem… why won’t you just ask me

to a billion degrees. I didn’t explain things properly. So I try again. “Asking you out isn’t the hard part… I’m… how do we… how do we make it work? Dating each other would be nice, but,” I snort. “I can’t even buy

me as he continues to stroke a lazy thumb over my naked breast. “I don’t want to overstep or anything; if I do, I want you to tell me. But I’m not expecting you to pay for shit if you date me. Don’t think I’m unaware we’re at different points in our lives. You’re studying. I get that. But I’m in a position to

and all that, but this man? I could

up at me, curious about what I might be up to. Then, when I attack his lips and lock my legs on either side of his broad chest, he chuckles

his eyes twinkle when we

can see

eyes soften, and my ovaries can’t take the sweet smile breaking over his lips. I kiss him again, harder this time. I’m unsure what Jake is doing to me, but it feels like

love him to bits.

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Jake. I spent three

Jake put together. We tested wine and pretended we were fancy at Tobias’s hotel. We watched movies but kissed instead of following

my hands off of that guy…