if my account on twitter is protected but I follow someone,can they see my tweets?

[Alice]

long story but I basically have to follow them,but I don't want them following me,so haven't accepted their follower request,so if I follow them,but don't accept their request, can they see my tweets or not?please say they can't

[AndroidAsh]

Have a think and eat some cabbage!

[Clarice]

They should not be able to when you have your tweets protected. It is only public tweets that people can see even if they don't follow someone.