"Him and I have been learning to not let personal matters get in between our relationship. I don't want anything else tearing us apart and if Elena is happy with Damon I can't really stop her." he couldn't really and yeah he still cared about Elena but that was it really.
"Good.. I'm not that used to compelling anyone. You're better at it then I am possibly." he wondered why Katherine didn't know that he wasn't with Elena, she had known that all along it didn't make sense.