"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 ...