I was also surprised by the word I said but it was too late to take it back. Jericho had already heard me so I couldn't do anything other than smile at him, only to have the young man suddenly become teary-eyed.

“Did I say something wrong?” I was worried about his reaction so I immediately asked but he just shook his head. “Or why?”

“I'm just happy Kylie that you're ready to love me,” he said.

I looked at him carefully, from his thick hair, down to his thick eyebrows and even the shape of his lips I also studied carefully. “I've loved you for a long time but...