Please don't sugarcoat it, does this girl I reconnected with actually want to "Date" date?

There’s this girl I dated for about 2 months and I eventually broke it off because she always said work was too much for her and it was so hard for us to hang out. I texted her recently (after 2 months NC) and we really reconnected. We texted paragraphs back and forth a lot. I went over to her house and slept over (no sex, just cuddling/kissing/talking). We went out again this past Friday and she seemed a little distant. Date was great but was backing off the physical closeness.

So I told her I liked her and wanted to keep seeing her. She felt the same, she liked me and loved hanging out but she “didnt want to hurt me”. Last time we dated I got upset because it was tough for her to hang out. I didn’t realize the actual stress that comes with her job. She likes to be by herself when she’s miserable, and I 100 percent believe this. She didn’t want to lead me on and guarantee she would be able to hang out if she’s feeling depressed.

So I said if that was truly the only thing holding her back I will do a better job of being more understanding. So after that the mood seemed to really change. She was warm again, kissed a lot, talked about hanging out again, and I said I missed her/glad I texted and we had this talk. She agreed and said I guess everything happens for a reason.

Girls, is she being sincere? She had a business trip this weekend and hadn't heard from her until I texted her yesterday. She had an easy out to say she just wanted to be friends but she didn't.