His eyes softened a great deal when she refereed to him as 'her' Jake. She had confessed to him. It was something he doubted he'd hear, like that, from her. "Bella, I haven't moved on. Not completely. I probably never will." He paused a little almost bashful grin playing over his lips, "I'll always love you Bells." He admitted this after she said they would be okay. He caressed her cheek with his thumb.
He had an almost over whelming urge to kiss her. But he fought it tooth and nail. It would be wrong. He would never do that to her, or Leah. It wouldn't be right. He wasn't about to put Bella in the position he had been in for almost two years. Or was it three? He couldn't tell anymore.
What would that do to Leah, if she ever found out? It would be the end of them that was for sure. He had worked hard for that relationship. She'd beat him down on more than one occasion. And there were a good many times he just wanted to pull his hair out. But the things that were worth it, took hard work to get, right?