keep the secret

"O coração humano tem tesouros ocultos

No segredo mantido no silêncio, No silênico selado 

Os pensamentos, as esperanças, os sonhos, os prazeres,

Cujo charme se romperia se revelado"

Jane Eyre, Random House - Charlotte Brote

definitely, maybe

The thing is I like you
always liked

"like"...that's pathetic...that's petty!
"love" on the other hand.. You would runaway from a word like that.