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"According to you?" Ariana replied, her tone ambiguous. "Just answer," Gerald grumbled.

Ariana chuckled. "I see him as a big brother. That's all. Nothing more," she replied honestly.

"Is there no man you consider a man, someone you could fall for?" Gerald asked again.

"Why? If I say there is someone like that, will you go digging for information about him?" Ariana asked again. Gerald seemed to shrug his shoulders again.

"Perhaps," he replied. Ariana laughed. "In that case, I prefer to remain silent."

"Why?" Gerald asked again.

"I don't want you to do something unreasonable. Disturbing someone's life who may not even be aware of my existence," Ariana replied flatly.

"So, there is someone. Your first love?" he asked again, his voice tense.

"I'm human, Gerald. I'm a woman who went through adolescence. I experienced puberty like any other kid. If not, maybe I wouldn't be a normal woman now, would I?" Ariana retorted.

Gerald fell silent. What Ariana said was true. But for some rea