Chapter 240

"Jake?" Serena blinked in surprise, the shy smile on her face freezing mid-air. "It's pretty late. What's up?" Jake Taylor looked down, voice low. "Do you love him?" "Huh?" Serena was totally thrown off. She hadn’t seen this one coming at all. "Do you love him?" Jake asked again, more insistently this time. Peeling off her face mask, Serena chuckled. "What are you even talking about, kid? Get your butt to bed." She turned to head back into her room and pushed the door, ready to call it a night. Jake reached out and gently held the door before it could shut. His tone was serious. "I'm not a kid anymore." Then, with a flash of frustration, he walked off. Serena shrugged, a bit baffled by the whole thing. Back in bed, she hugged her phone and kept reading Matthew’s texts over and over, a content smile on her face as she drifted off to sleep. ... The next morning, Jake looked distracted as he drove Serena to her pastry shop. Serena, on the other hand, was in a pretty good mood. At first, b