Chapter Thirty Three

Jake's POV

"How do you know that you love me?" I asked.

"I know how it feels to see the person you are in love with sad and in pain. That's what I am trying to change. I want to make you happy." She placed her hand over mine and gripped it.

"How can you be so sure that it is love?" I asked her with the soft smile.

I didn't want to make her cry. I knew how soft and fragile her heart was.

She closed her eyes and pursed her lips.

"When we were kids, I always liked you." She said making smile.

"I know you liked me, after all, I was your partner in crime," I said recalling how many times I had bribed her to annoy Brandon.

"Not like that. I mean I used to imagine you as my prince. I had a crush on you. I even told Eric about my feelings. That's why he started to annoy you so you wouldn't come to our house more often," She said.

I was really shocked. I never saw her like that in the past.

She was just a cute little sister of my best friend for me.

"You left for college and I started high sch