@Starbright
I don't think there were necessarily romantic feelings from her side so much as the thrill of doing something outside of either of her parents expectations and plans with the one person she's come to see as the only trustworthy, if impertinent, voice she's exposed to.
That's regarding her pov at least.
Hence the reason she got so mad.
People who experience joy and sensation after so long without it. They don't like to be apologised to by the person making them feel those things.