"Like" may be a bit too much to hope for, but it's definitely not out of the question. Their relationship will eventually develop into whatever it's going to be. Early on though, the best thing you can hope to promote (or accelerate) is tolerance of each other.
The sooner they both realize that it's not a temporary situation and that neither will be driving the other off, the more peaceful your situation will be.
Every time I've ever introduced a new cat, even if it's only a kitten, there's been at least some level of what appears to be aggression at first. It's just their nature to try to set boundaries and feel each other out. Most times (for me) the apprehension and fear eventually turns to tolerance, then even friendship over the years.
This last time I was getting tired of the animosity so I locked my self and the 2 cats in the bedroom with some snacks and a laptop for like 8-10 hours. Just basically to try to make it clear that they're stuck with each other whether they like it or not. It seemed to help accelerate the process some.
As far as their eventual relationships go, just about all of mine have eventually become friends at least to the point of playing together (which can seem like aggression at times) and eating together from the same dinner plate etc. Some (but not all) have gone as far as regularly curling up together to sleep and washing each other. But there was one that wanted nothing to do with the others (at one point my GF and I had 3), kept to itself, would only eat after the others had left, and just generally didn't want to be bothered. Though she was affectionate to some people.
That's what I mean about the relationship being what it is. They may or may not ever end up "liking" each other but any real aggression for the most part goes away with tolerance.
Edit: Oh and I'm no cuckoo cat person with tons of cats. The most I ever had at once was 3 with 2 people. Now that it's just me I keep it at 1 or 2, preferably 2 for the mutual companionship when I'm at work.
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