"Keep your nonsense to yourself, John."
"Have I said anything wrong ? She seems like the ideal match for you. No one knows you like she does. Why don't you consider it?" John continued. "Don't you have any feelings for her?You have known her for a long time .."
Ryder's eyes glazed over, his demeanor impassive. "I care about her deeply, but not in the way you're thinking,"
"What do you mean?" John reached over to touch his shoulder.Ryder let out a sigh and lowered his shoulders a little. "She is someone I have to look out for and take care of, like a little sister.However, romantically? No, my feelings toward her are not that way."
John looked up. "But she's now an adult. She has grown out of her childhood." Ryder's face took a hard line. "Although it might be the case, my emotions haven't altered. I am deeply in love with someone else. That's the only thing that counts."
