What should I do? Never experienced these feelings before

So I started messing with a woman I have been attracted to for a while a little over a month ago. We started spending literally everyday together, having sleepovers, etc. I start to gain feelings very quickly. I have never been with another woman before but our connection is so genuine and she treats me better than every guy I have ever been with. However, she just got of a very abusive relationship and I knew going into it that she was not over her ex. I didn’t care but neither of us had intentions on getting serious. She was always open about it because we also built a close friendship. We tell each other everything. Although its only been a short amount of time I really like her and started to think she felt the same so for once I decided to share my feelings with someone. This is hard for me because I am extremely afraid of rejection and have gotten so hurt by almost everyone I have dated. However, I figured I was not alone in feeling this connection.

She told me she liked me too and asked what I wanted the next steps to be. I told her I wanted her to work on herself because as I mentioned she is not over her ex and overall she is just not in a good place mentally right now. I could not help but notice that she started to be distant, we spent no time together, talked less frequently throughout the day, etc.

One day we talked and she confessed that she had sex with her ex and that she knew it was a mistake. Once again I felt rejected, so I decided to take a step back myself. I communicated less and she noticed right away and confronted me about the way I was acting asking if she had done something to piss me off and why I was acting that way. I eventually told her it was because I felt I had no other option and I didn’t like how me telling her I liked her made things weird between us and that I felt should we focus on our friendship. She told me that she had started to really like me too but that she had tried to push me away because she is just not in a good place. We agreed to still be friends, but I cannot shake the feeling of wanting to be with her, wanting to spend time, etc. I know I cannot be selfish and that she needs time. We haven’t had sex in weeks and we haven’t hung out much but we still talk everyday without fail.

I know her mental health comes first but I also wonder if there’s any hope for us. She can be so hard to read sometimes and I can’t but wonder how often her and her have been talking because she hasn’t talked about it since she confessed them having sex. I am not sure if she is truly actually working on herself. I can sense that is she trying to avoid seeing me and idk if that’s because she wants to make it easier to avoid being sexual or because of her depression.