Essentially what you are creating is an empty paragraph between 2 other non-empty paragraphs, is this correct?
You don't have to add the space (spacebar) to the empty paragraph, because empty paragraphs are automatically padded with a non-breaking space so that the browser will render it correctly in the front-end.
To create a space between 2 paragraphs without using an empty paragraph, you would usually use a margin style on one or both of the non-empty paragraphs. Your template may have a suitable style available for use.
Which template are you using?
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