here is his mistake:

I am going to be critical here, hope you do not mind,
His debt to the girl's father is financial, although he had promised to marry her, he should know a financial debt can not be repaid by emotions. If he tries, he will hurt himself, and both of the girls. Living in modern society, he should have enough courage to break his promise, which is unfair to him and the girl to start with, and repay his financial debt with monetary means.

I do not have answer for your question about them being "just friends", I guess it depends on both of them.

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• 回复：here is his mistake: -婉如清扬- ♀ (88 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 12:59:12

• she has to live for herself, why care about what others think? -好看？- ♀ (128 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:01:31

• If "other people" means her spouse, then -好看？- ♀ (233 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:12:25

• 同意，除了自己的想法，还是要照顾一下当前的他的想法。其实有时 -fpxjz- ♀ (48 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:24:48

• 看来我和你会做同样的选择， -好看？- ♀ (43 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:28:44

• 谢谢, -婉如清扬- ♀ (34 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:36:17

• Thanks, -婉如清扬- ♀ (97 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:23:08

• 那就跟着感觉走好了，good luck! -好看？- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/20/2009 postreply 13:26:37