We can't possibly totally exclude love in most cases... Let
alone I suspect the girl to be quite young... Love affections
(stable or not) are more easily brought up within younger people as
they've often yet to achieve stability in their emotional control..
And this is especially true for a female in general
speaking...
Formal or non-formal, it's afterall a relationship... We should be
tactful in totally excluding love in ANY relationship....
But as I've mentioned earlier.. It could have as easily been other
factors like.. Pride? Dream bursting? Own worthiness? e.t.c.