Could you let us know what the raw value is for the second row in that repeater? It is likely to be some other character which has become a safe htmlentity.
Is this it?
#2 WP_Hook->do_action(Array ([0] => the_sub_field,[1] => title,[2] => Array ([ID] => 0,[key] => field_646373c60350d,[label] => Title,[name] => steps_0_title,[aria-label] => ,[prefix] => acf,[type] => text,[value] => Discovery & planning,[menu_order] => 0,[instructions] => ,[required] => 0,[id] => ,[class] => ,[conditional_logic] => 0,[parent] => field_646373b60350c,[wrapper] => Array ([width] => ,[class] => ,[id] => ),[default_value] => ,[maxlength] => ,[placeholder] => ,[prepend] => ,[append] => ,[parent_repeater] => field_646373b60350c,[_name] => title,[_valid] => 1),[3] => )) called at [/Users/dusan/Local Sites/holycode2/app/public/wp-includes/plugin.php:517]
