You aren't confident enough. By not believing that she could possibly be interested in you, you pursued a platonic relationship, then suddenly at the end tried to jump over to the romantic track after she'd given up any ideas, assuming she had them, of more than friends with you.
and it could be that she just simply was never and would never be interested in you in that way. That's not a reflection on you - there are plenty of very fine and lovely women out there whom I have no romantic interest in either.
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