What do I need to do in a situation like this one?

So one day, I was at a college fair, and my friend posted me on social media. A few hours later, one of his friends added me on that social media. I added her back, and we eventually started talking. We started getting really close, learning more about each other, to the point where we eventually liked one another. We are both seniors in high school, and we are also both 17 years old at the moment. Anyway, everything was seemingly perfect. Eventually, I got to know more and more about her and to me she was simply amazing. One day, she invited to her volleyball game, and so I went. Meeting her in person was truly incredible. I liked everything about her. Her personality, her looks, her attitude towards everything, her ability to make me smile so easily, etc. At the end of the volleyball game, we had to say goodbye to one another. When giving her a hug, I felt something. Something I hadn’t felt before. I felt all tingly inside, and I felt very... what’s the word... happy. Something felt right. From that night, I decided something: I want to put my all into this woman. And, well that’s exactly what I ended up doing. Later that night, things got difficult. I discovered something very scary. When giving her that hug, her father was in the car near us, and witnessed it. I found out that her father is entirely against any sort of interaction with guys when it comes to dating. Yes, she can have guy friends, but anything beyond that, is a huge N-O. That same night, her father talked to her about our relationship and he denied it. He made her block me on every social media and also made her block my number. This was obviously very difficult for both of us. She ended up adding my number back, and she told me the whole story about what had happened. From then, we’ve been doing a lot to keep our relationship hidden from her father. If her father were to find out, it would simply be all over. She would have her entire year ruined. He would take everything from her for going behind her fathers back. I could never allow this to happen, knowing that I’d be the cause of it. But at the same time I can’t simply just let her go, you know? Things have gotten too serious between us. We’ve exchanged the “I love you” and I can easily tell you that we both sincerely meant it. I don’t know what to do. She turns 18 in August of 2018, and that’s still a ways away. I really need some sort of advice or help from some wise and kind person out there. What do I do? Do I need to simply put our relationship on pause for the next 9 1/2 months and hope that no one comes between us, or do I keep fighting and find a way to fix this issue between her dad and our relationship? Do I get others to help me? My parents? Friends? Please, I need some sort of aid here. Thank you.