I am conflicted right now in my feelings

i recently started hanging out with a girl i used to know at work. she’s since moved near where i live in another state and we’ve become best friends. about a month ago, she invited me to go to the club with her and 2 of her guy friends. my boyfriend is 100% fine with me going out and he trusts me entirely as he understands i haven’t been able to make any friends since moving up here 2 years ago. the night at the club, she eventually got close to the other guy while i spoke to the other because i felt bad since he had no one to talk to. needless to say, we all drank a lot that night and had a lot of fun! but i danced with the guy that night as it was a latin club because he had no one else to dance with. it was harmless and we didn’t do anything after that and i thanked him for being understanding of me having a boyfriend. fast forward to the past few weeks, my friend and i have been hanging out with the two guys more frequently and helping them with a few things because they are from central america and sometimes need help with calling up utility etc since they only speak spanish. over time, the guy and i have been getting friendlier but nothing more than just being friendly with each other. however, my friend has expressed to me a few times that he’s been telling her that he finds me attractive. ever since then, i’ve been noticing him eyeing me down, being a little more flirtatious, walking me out to my car, opening the door for me. he frequently plays songs in spanish too when we’re all hanging out that are incredibly flirtatious in nature. eventually when we were all hanging out the other night, my friend and the other guy opened up to me about how the guy who’s been flirting with me genuinely does like me. i just went home after that. my friend later texted me talking about the situation asking if i liked him back, and i said, “okay listen, i do. but, it’s not like i am in love with him or anything. i like the attention that he gives me but i am naturally a friendly person and i’m not sure if that led him on or if he is upset about that. i have a boyfriend at home and i don’t want to ruin what i have here. regardless, he does not want to be with a person like me in reality and even if it were just a “side thing” (which i would not do) it would be wrong to treat him that way like keeping him a secret or hidden from everything. that’s not fair to him because he’s a very sweet guy and respectful person. he deserves someone else who’s able to give him their attention 100% rather than someone who is already in a committed relationship. i don’t want to toy with his feelings.”

my concern is that, i really do like hanging out with all of them, and that’s it. but i don’t want to give mixed signals. should i just stop hanging out with them and lose our friendship or continue hanging out? i feel like this would make things worse. i think he’s a sweet guy and he is attractive but i have a man at home. this makes me feel guilty because i feel as if it’s emotional cheating but i haven’t even done anything to provoke. 😭😭