Chapter 489 - Gone Overboard

"Were you intimidated by me?" J questioned him.

Jacob smiled away. "Of course not! I actually find it cute whenever you are glaring at me." Feeling blithesome, Jacob pulled J again into his embrace and stroke her hair.

"Remember the first time that we met?"

"Uhm..." J hummed in response.

"You were not intimidating at all. In contrast, I actually thought that you were attracted by me."

J straightened her back and pulled her body away from him before he punches him this time on his stomach. "What?!"

"Aw... Honey! It did hurt this time." Jacob faked a sob.

"How pretentious can you get Dr. Parker?!"

"Honey! I was just stating what I thought was my impression of that time. I noticed that you keep on averting your eyes away from me. And believe me, based on my experience, that behavior indicates that you were affected by me."

"Am I right?" Jacob said teased her.

"Well, that's because you keep on staring at me and it makes me uncomfortable!" J retorted back.

"You looked so mesmerizing and I can't help but keep on staring at you. It feels like you were a magnet that keeps on pulling me towards you. Don't tell me no one has ever stared at you like that?" Thou that fact hits him, he doesn't want anyone to stare at her like that or in any way.

"I... well... I can just always ignore them." J didn't directly admit that she noticed that there were some that keep on staring at her however, she was good at ignoring them. She was an observant person.

Jacob frowned. He keeps a note on his mind to ask her who are those that she found staring at her. But now is not the time to talk about them, maybe later.

"Then why didn't you ignore me?" Jacob inquired further.

"I did!" J is getting out for words. Why does he keep on bugging her?

"You didn't. You are not the only observant person here, Honey. I know that from the first time that we met you already noticed that I am attracted to you and I know that you were attracted to me as well. It was obvious from the way that you keep on avoiding me."

"Jacob!" J is getting annoyed and Jacob is enjoying it.

"Come on, Honey. Just admit it. It was just you and me here, I won't tell anyone."

J glared at him with her red eyes. It looks like she is about to cry and it affected Jacob. Did I go overboard? Jacob thought internally and he felt guilty. He knew that J is not good at expressing her emotions and forcing her would frustrate her.

J bit her lip preventing her tears to fall.

Jacob sighed and reached for her cheeks but J swatted his hand as she lowered her head. With croaked voice, she said, "Yes, I am. Are you happy now? Did that boost your ego?"

She finally admitted that she was attracted to him ever since they first met but Jacob didn't felt elated at all as he was supposed to be. He felt his chest tightened squeezing his heart out of his throat. He felt extremely guilty for forcing J into admitting to him how he felt that day they first met.

J was not embarrassed in admitting her affection towards him but she was just having a hard time. She would tell him eventually but it takes time. And now is not yet the time, she was not ready yet. Although she already confessed that she loves him, it was not easy for her to express those words. She is not an expressive person and most of the time, she would just prefer to hide her real emotions. It is something that she had grown accustomed to over time. It was due to the fact that she was always alone and no one to confide her feelings to.