No, no, now that... we've cleared the air, I wanted to discuss another matter with you.

哎等等呀，既然我们已经没事了，我想跟你讨论另外一个问题。

Since she would not or could not say the one word that would have cleared the air, his wish was not to let her feel that he was trying to probe into her secret.

既然她不会或不能说出一个可以澄清空气的词，他的愿望就是不让她觉得他在试图探查她的秘密。