Okay so this is confirming that she DID have feelings for him, but didn’t think he had feelings for her!
In my long rant (lol I care way too much y’all xD) I guessed that he probably didn’t affirm any sort of love for her, and the Damon guy chasing her in the beginning planted doubt in her head so she didn’t let herself have that feeling. So it was a problem stemming from both sides, which was not made any better due to his obsessiveness towards her and her fear of upsetting him. (Because this was a good marriage for her family, remember? She had to be a good wife and prove her ‘worth’)
I am definitely glad she realized what ‘best choice meant’, and while I AM hoping for her reconciliation with her household, at this point it’s all just so toxic and she’s been so mentally scarred and beaten down (especially when she was at her most vulnerable and broken) that I really want Ercella out of there