While she was taking the road of emotional intimacy to get to physical closeness, he was apparently, trying to go the other way around by opting for physical intimacy to develop an emotional connect.
Both of them kept persisting on taking their respective routes, overlooking the conflicting nature of their directions.
She walked the path from emotions to head towards a physical attraction but he stopped at physical closeness.
He never touched upon any emotional attachment resulting in turmoil and leaving her standing alone full of deeper feelings, which were weighing her down.