> 俺は恵子に何も感じてないので 男女の関係は一切ないです

I don't have any feelings toward 恵子, so our relationship isn't one of a man
and a woman

> 確かに...

That's true/etc.

And then he answers:

> 疑ってませんか?

I'm confused by the answer. Is this "Won't you doubt me?" or more "Don't you
have doubts"? or more "You are not doubting me"?

He tells the character his relationship with Keiko is platonic and the other
character accepts it.

But I don't get his answer.
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negation particle-か
the meaning of てませんか in this sentence
I assume this:

> A: 俺は恵子に何も感じてないので 男女の関係は一切ないです  
>  B: 確かに...  
>  A: 疑ってませんか?

This is fairly common. Negative questions in Japanese sometimes are kind of
like echo questions in English. They don't mean "Is it the case that you
aren't doubting me...?", but "You are doubting me, aren't you?".

You can see the link between these two meanings pretty easily. Asking with a
question with a negative verb implies that you think that the positive
statement is the case. "Don't you have to go to school today?" (The speaker
thinks that you had to go to school).

A [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so7BXOwSyEU) with more confusing
examples.
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