Amanda Smith felt a twinge of sympathy as she thought, this man probably has never been so manipulated in his life, even his emotions were schemed against...
"Maybe, you don't actually like her that much," Amanda Smith gently advised him, whispering, "Your feelings for her might just be a kind of juvenile attachment... or maybe, it's because she dumped you, and you can't accept that, which is why you can't stop thinking about it."
Samuel Johnson blinked, he hadn't expected Amanda Smith to say something like that. He was pleasantly surprised and quickly climbed down the pole, "You're right, maybe I'm just unwilling to accept it..."
Amanda Smith also didn't expect Samuel Johnson to admit it so cleanly, the consoling words she hadn't yet said got stuck in her throat. She paused for a moment, then smiled, "If you can let go, that's naturally very good."
