"Ah, just tell me what you want to say. I know that talking with you is probably a waste of time in the end because I'll still have to help you, so let's skip the useless middle part!"
As Josh heard his sister say this, he felt heartache yet also quite unpalatable. Had he always been such a bother?
"I came to talk about Aria Grant's matter, but don't worry, I'm not asking you to help me get her to meet me. Instead, Aria asked me for a favor. She realized that by rejecting your female lead, you might care about it, so she asked me to plead for her."
Manuela immediately felt invigorated upon hearing that Josh wasn't asking for a favor but rather interceding on Aria's behalf. Such good news was a first and showed that Josh had grown up, capable of handling Aria Grant on his own without any help.
