Chapter 171 - Be A True Friend

"You like him don't you?" Amy found herself asking. Jade had started a relationship with Cale by constantly defending him and seeing only the good in him despite all the warnings that were been given to her. And here she was repeating the same mistake again. Did she just say Jake was more than a mere womanizer?

'Of course he's a hellish womanizer, who sleeps with both demons and humans' She thought to herself.

Jade was startled by Amy abrupt question. Her eyes shot up to look at Amy in shock.

"Wh- y-y are you asking me that?" Jade asked back, her voice was quite shaky.

"Answer the question Jade. Have you fallen for Jake?" Amy could feel her heart racing on behalf of Jade. She really didn't want to hear the answer that would make her begin for fear for her friend's poor heart again.

Jade wanted to answer that question already. She had an answer in mind, and a perfect answer at that. But couldn't she say it out. Her tongue has refused to roll of the floor of her mouth.

'It's a NO! Jade. What's holding your tongue' She cried in her mind. As much as she wanted to scream the biggest NO in the world, she found herself mysteriously tongue-tied.

Her heart was saying something totally contradicting the what her brain was telling her. Amy question posed as a self reflecting question to her.

Does she like Jake Beau?

Her head screamed no, but her heart was beating and spelling the word, 'YES'

Has she fallen in love with him?

She wasn't sure, or maybe she was but she didn't want to admit it.

Lair couldn't help but look at Jade carefully. From the way her lips kept opening and closing like a fish out of water, and also from the way her pulse quickened, he already had his answer.

From his little knowledge of psychology and from how well he has known his friend it seems Jade was in denial.

"You like him" He told her, he wasn't asking. Jade snapped her head towards him, her eyes looking at him with some sort of desperation.

"Don't say that" Amy snapped at Lair.

Lair completely ignored Amy, he stood up from his seat and walked over to sit by Jade's side. He put his hand around her and said, "Jade you know you like him and have fallen for whoever he is. So you can stop denying it now" his tone was firm and defined.

Jade remained still for a couple of minutes, a thick wave of silence blowing through the room. All eyes were on Jade, waiting for some reaction. Jade had just recently noticed her feelings towards Jake, and as much as she wanted to deny it, she couldn't.

She slowly turned to back to Amy. Amy got her answer from the way Jade was looking at her.

"Jade please don't say it" She said when she noticed Jade's lips moved.

"Jake isn't good for you. He's my boss and I know him well. That man will break your heart...maybe even more than Cale did. He has never been in a relationship and only uses women for his own pleasure. Jade please not Jake. It can be anybody else but Jake. That guy is a casanova"

Jade understood what Amy was trying to say. Jake's promiscuous life was not something hidden, it was something she has witnessed herself. She knew Amy was looking out for her. After all she was the one who stuck by her when Cale betrayed her and broke her heart.

Jade sighed exaperatedly, "Amy I know who he is, but I can't change the face that I already feel something for him. I swear I didn't plan it. This just happened like this. He might be bad in some areas but..."

"Might be bad in some areas?" Amy scoffed interjecting Jade. "He's worse than bad. He's terrible!"

Amy moved closer to Jade and held her hand, "Baby girl believe me, Jake is the worst kind of man out there. He has cliques of girls throwing themselves at him and believe you can't handle that. He spends every night in the club with different women. Honey, that's not the type of man you want in your life"

Lair noticed the way Jade's countenance changed. There was a pained expression on her face, she was begging to be heard, but Amy was just going on and on. Amy's words were probably going to make her hate herself for liking such a bad man, as Amy painted the poor guy.

"Amy stop" Lair roared, making Amy glare at him.

"Can't you see what you're doing isn't good for her. She doesn't need this from you, from us. You should be helping her and not scaring her"

"Isn't rhat's what I'm doing?" Amy snapped.

"Hell no, you're far from helping anyone right now. Okay, let's assume you're right and he is as bad as you say, and he has a few flaws, does that make him less of a human being? Yes, maybe he does all those things that you've said, but that doesn't mean he is incapable of loving anybody or that he shouldn't be loved in return. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending him and I also know you're only looking out for Jade because of what happened with Cale, but come on give her a break.

Everyone deserves a chance at love and you can't tell the heart who to love. It has a mind of it's own. If she likes the guy let her go for it and if it doesn't work out, we won't say 'i told you so'. We'll be here to comfort her and cheer her up and also boost her to go for the next right guy that she might get to love till she finds that perfect one that loves her back. So stop being a anti-love agent and encourage her. Don't tell me you'll be happy if she hides away from having relationships after being hurt by Cale?" Lair asked her.

"Of course not" Amy replied immediately. Why would Lair say that?

"Then stop being a baby bitch and act like a true friend" Lair hissed at her, his eyes glaring coldly at her.

Amy felt bad after Lair's scolding. She didn't mean to scare Jade, she was just looking out for her friend. Jade has always been supportive of her, and so she does deserve her own support now.

She bit her lip and looked at Jade who looked lost.

Amy sighed out loud, she brushed hand down Jade's hair and placed it on her shoulder. "I'm sorry" Amy apologized.

Jade lifted her eyes to look at her. "I know you're just looking out for me. After all you warned me about Cale, but I didn't listen" Her voice was low and gentle.

"Even though I'm still sorry. I shouldn't have said all those things, knowing what they might do to you. I'm sorry honey" Amy hugged her.

"You really don't have to be. Maybe you're right...I mean you're always right about stuffs like this...it's just that.."

"Shhhh. You shouldn't listen to all my nonsense. Lair is right I'm not being a good friend to you. Jade I'm happy you've found love again, that you didn't close your heart to love after that bastard broke you heart. I'm happy you picked yourself up and let your heart feel for someone again. If you love Jake and you're sure he's what you want then I'll support you okay" Amy said warmly.

"Thank you" Jade replied.

"So what now? Are you going to tell him?" Amy asked excitedly. "Do you need my help to organize your proposal? I can help you plan a romantic dinner and you can invite him out and confess your feelings to him. You should do that, I swear I can use the distraction" Amy said gleefully. Lair couldn't help but shake his head, the disastrous Amy was back.

Jade didn't know if she should laugh or cry. She wasn't sure she wanted to do all of that. By the way she wasn't sure Jake had the same feeling for her. He has always treated her as a friend.

"Do you think I should do that?" Jade asked confusedly, looking from Lair to Amy.

"Hey don't ask me about those stuffs, those are girls stuff. Look at Amy." He stood up and walked to the other side of Amy's bed where he laid down.

"So useless" Amy hissed.

"I heard you. Wait till you get sick again, then you'll see how useless I am" Lair threatened, before closing his eyes, leaving the two women to make their plans.

Amy turned to Jade with a happy smile on her face. "I think you should tell him. Personally I think the Beau brothers are too daft. They're so dumb they'll never see how deeply you like them even if you held a billboard over your head. If you leave it to him to discover your feelings, I can assure he might only know when you're probably married with five kids" She sighed thinking about the idiotic junior brother who blatantly rejected her heart.

Jade could feel anxiety slowly rising inside of her, her heart pounding loudly behind her ribs.

She wasn't sure if telling Jake was the right thing to do.