Does he care about the other woman deep down?

My friend was involved with a married man but she didn’t know he was married and she recently found out he is married and she is absolutely devastated because she has fallen in love with him and I feel so bad for her and I’m concerned about this situation, so any input is really appreciated. If a married man still remains friends with the woman he cheated on his wife with, does he care about her deep down romantically even though he says he only cares about her as a friend? He said he only cares about her as a friend. He’s not trying to save his marriage because he said he wants some time to himself but he had lunch with my friend. He admitted to her he wasn’t going to come but he still did. She was really hurt by this whole situation and he either has come to see how she is when she tells him how sad she is or he lets her call him on the phone to talk. He even said to her it’s best we don’t talk to each other anymore and she said is that what you really wants? To not know me anymore? He said it would be hard. Does he have feelings for her deep down? She told me he doesn’t want to be with her but why has he been like this towards her then? Is he just trying to push her away? Would someone who doesn’t care about the other woman behave that way?