My lover first asked me today while making love to tell him i love him he doesnt tell me back but i told him n?

Iold him not to say he loved just cause he felt he had toThe first time that we were together after that he said (while making love) "tell me you love me, so ,I did ,he didnt say it back but i had explained before that i was not try n to make him love me and not to tell me he did until he is in love with me, but from a mans point of view why would u even ask a woman that if u were not gonna say it back?