Help! Need Scorpio Woman Advice

I am a Leo man. And I recently met the most lovely, Scorpio woman. I don't fall easy. But I fell for instantly. I never met anyone like her. I see most things in black and white. I am intense, with high charisma. I think she is attracted to this in me. She sees things more in the grey areas, and makes me consider them. I see it as a balance that I need. We texted for awhile, about deep and personal things. I can tell she doesn't open up to just anyone, but as days went by, she opened up to me. And what I saw was beautiful.

For our first date, she invited me to her place. She allowed me into her lair and showed me all her art and creations. We spent the whole night together working on a project in her shop. We ended the night with an embrace and a kiss, it was magic. And what did this stupid, roaring Leo do? I broke my own set of rules. I came on strong. REALLY strong. I told her everything about how I felt about her. Well, that backfired in my face. Because she took it all as inconsiderate of how she might be feeling. That I came off as just taking it for granted that she would just dive right in. Like I was just gonna come in and swoop her up off her feet and make her mine, without even considering how she might feel about all that. Looking back on it now, I concede to her point. it did come off in a forceful way. Like a bull in a china shop. But I'm use to seeing something I want and just charging in and getting it. Big mistake here I see. In hindsight, I see how it would come off as disrespectful too, which I never meant to be, like I didn't consider how she may have felt. Because she came back and told me all this. It was not the response I was use to getting, or hoping to get. Simply put, she put my ass in check. And I love her for it. She challenges me.

She went on comparing me to how much she loved her Ex, who was also a Leo, and saying how much I was like him. She said he was very intense too, but that his intensity was nothing compared to mine. She said he called her, 'his white whale'. They were together 3 years. She said that after about two years, his intensity never changed, but it was no longer focused on her. That she was kinds put on the back burner to other things in his life. And it became a conflict between them. And she had to leave.

All in all, she said she needed space to process it all, and everything I said. And it crushed me. I told her that I was sorry, that it was never my intention to disrespect her. That I would be here for her, and I would respect her wishes and give her whatever space she needs...And it's killing me. Did I screw this up for good? I was really thinking this could be the one. And that I may have snatched it right away from myself. Is there hope that I will hear back from her? And what does it mean if I do? Im looking for blunt honesty here. So don't hold back. TIA

I am going to give you an honest answer here:

I am a Scorpio and I get this a LOT. Declarations of love from people I barely know and obsessions with me. Even the exact words of wanting to "make me his". This is the effect Scorpio women have sometimes. When it happens, I enjoy it a little, makes me feel good but it also makes me think the man is a little silly and I view with a lot of scepticism.

I honestly think a guy needs to make me work for it a little or I don't grow the attraction. Not saying I like hard to get, but I do need a small bit of challenge.

If you want her, pull back a little and make her wonder where you went.