“I’m still broken, Jake. And dirty.”
“Now tell me. Would you still like to date me? Would you still like to be with me?”
I could not figure out what Jake was thinking. His face was blank of emotions. I bit my lip as I waited for his reply. After a second of waiting for nothing, I muffled my sob with a hand and started to walk away.
“Gianna.” He took me in my arms again. And there I cried with my head on his chest. “I’m staying. Whether you like it or not.”
We stayed standing there for a while. Jake was rubbing my back and my arms trying to soothe me.
“Why don’t we make this slow, princess? No expectations.”
I could not reply back. I can only tighten my hold on his shirt.
“Let’s go inside. Come on.”
Holding on tightly to Jake, he led me to the second flo
