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Emanuele feels her heart racing, her fingers turning to butter. Did she hear right? Was she imagining or daydreaming again?

Joshua raises one of his eyebrows. He is waiting for her answer. It was not imagination.

He had really asked if her feelings for Johnny were stronger than her feelings for him.

But... What did Emanuele feel for Joshua?

"I...," Emanuele begins, feeling her cheeks heat up from embarrassment.

"Relax. If you don't want to answer, don't answer."

"But-"

"It's not like it's going to interfere with anything."

"I... What?"

Joshua sits down on the couch, looking at Emanuele. The girl remains standing leaning against the wall.

"Even if you feel something for me, and I'm not saying you do, you and I couldn't be together."

"Why not?" The indignation in her tone of voice catches the attention of the current owner of the apartment.

He seems nervous as he answers, though he disguises it as best he can.

"I don't know. Maybe because I just ended a three-year relationship and becau