Oh, yes. It could be for many reasons. To ease guilt, save face, satiate one's own ego...

[ The touch has her lids drooping, lips barely parting with a sweet sigh. It feels truly amazing - his touch, and to be loved in such a way. ]

Forgive me, my love. I'd thought that you'd merely felt-- responsible, and perhaps pressed to take what was a quickly fleeting chance. Not that I loved you any less for it, mind!