If a guy says he has a lot of respect for you?

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whenever I act like I'm insulted by something he says (i'm usually not, just messing with him) he apologizes and says stuff like how much respect he has for me etc and he wouldn't me to think that he doesn't think much of me. we flirt a bit, we're in the same class but just wondering if 'respect' means it would never go more than friends or the opposite?
If a guy says he has a lot of respect for you?
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