...A long minute passed between them after the question, and Emilia simply stared into space.
She repeated the question to herself but got no answer.
"…Why?" Emilia replied slowly.
Robert smiled a little. He didn't expect to see her become so flustered.
"I was just curious," he said.
"I wanted to know if you have settled all differences."
Emilia nodded, asking herself the same question again.
Her mind went strangely blank.
She opened her mouth and found nothing there.
Her lips curved into a small, helpless chuckle.
Robert nodded, a bit disappointed she wouldn't tell him.
He fiddled with his fingers, more nervous to ask the next question.
"…Does he love you?"
That one struck deeper, because again, she didn't know.
Emilia took a second to ponder her relationship with Lucas and realized none of them had ever talked about their feelings for each other.
Sure, she liked him in the past, but presently, he had never said the words I love you, and neither had she.
