How much do you think he likes me?

So I was seeing this guy like 3 years ago, and it was mainly sex, although before he did say 'it's not all about sex'. Anyway, he lost his phone and my number and I never contacted him for 2 months, (he lives 100 miles away and none of us have social media.) Then when I did contact him which was a year ago, we've been speaking non-stop again. He takes me out now (he didn't before), and I've met some of his friends and cousins. We had sex, and I told him that I don't wanna go around in circles and he's told me that we're not and that we're going up. He has started telling me more about his life, and he has told me that he really really likes me and that he's got a lot of love for me, but because of the past I can't help but think it's going to be like before. What do you think?