I'm so shocked?

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So this guy who's a close friend of my close friend, and me have been talking over a month. He's been flirting with me since the beginning and also have been super respectful. He dropped signs from time to time that he likes me. And i like him too but i never really showed or expressed anyway. I didn't believe his sweet talks before but eventually i believed them and started liking him. He has been pushing me for some days now to express myself and to confess my feelings since he somehow assumed that i like him too. He's been eagerly wanting to hear about what i think about him. He once directly asked me how i see him but being a very shy and awkward person, I ignored him.
So last night, with positive situation, i finally confessed that i like him. But to my shock, he denied that he kikes me too. He says he likes me as a friend. After much talk, his points are that he DOES NOT see me as a sister or any other friend, he sees me as a good friend and a good person who he likes, but nothing more than a friend, not yet. But I'm so confused. His words are contradictory. I refuse to believe he said all the things he used to tell me is "friendly". No friend talks the way he talked to me. Why did he lied that he sees me just as a friend?
I'm so shocked?
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