Leading on. Playing with someone s feelings. Pretending to be in love are all wrong. These are things which are done deliberately and in a calculated manner , with the person being aware of what she is doing.
What if the person is not aware that she is not genuinely in love, but thinks she is in love because the man in front of her is a perfect image of what she wants in a husband? What if she is in love with that image rather than the real person. What if her definition of love is itself screwed up?
That's what Mishti is doing I feel . She is not in love with Ruhaan either. She is still to understand what love is. That is what she will gradually learn .