Crush on an amazing Virgo women

I'm a Scorpio man with a hopeless crush on an amazing Virgo women. We've known each other for a year or so and we've just recently started talking and spending more time together intimately. I knew I was drawn to her personality the second I heard her friendly/confident voice conversing with another person we work with outside my office door. I definitely faked a dry throat to take a walk to the drinking fountain in order to check her out. Not only incredibly beautiful but I was immediately addicted to her laugh.

Since we've gained mutual friends over the years I was able to get to know her without coming on too strong. The problem were always running into is that the timing seems to never work out.

Right from the start we both were already in serious relationships with other people. However both of us have now been broken up with our past partners for roughly 7 months.

I have enough romance experience to know the negative outcome of moving too quickly. So it was obvious to wait and not try anything right after our break up. Especially with this one to give it some extra time. Because of this I was able to watch from a safe distance through our friendship as she would bring around a new guy and then shamelessly flick them away at the first sign of a flaw.

Intimidating right?

Hardly. Scorpios love finding a good challenge, not to mention I walked away with a smile on my face every time I heard another meathead had stuck out. So just in the last 2 weeks things starting to heat up significantly. I couldn't hold back anymore, and It finally was right to make a move.

The new feelings we were bouncing back and forth had both our hearts surging and excited we both felt like we were floating.

There was no way her or myself could deny the experience was unlike anything we've ever felt before and no im not talking about sex. I know her conservative style and promised to keep it slow. I've protected this moment for so long, it felt as if she had been waiting just as long and hard for the right time to along as much as I had.

Before I knew it my awesome luck had came back for the worse...

Her ex boyfriend who left her jaded and feeling like shit from their past relationship had showed up to reconcile for the 2 years he had his head up his a**. His re-entry into her life had confused her, I didn't even have to ask, I could see it by the look in her face when she told me he was trying to get back in touch with her.

She freaked and I finally found her some steady ground to rest her feet on after a few days.

We got back in sync with each other but not as intense as before. It didn't matter. At least she got back a sense of control and I told her there was no rush we can work sort things out on an emotional level one thing at a time. At least with out any anxiety coming from my end. I've never this much patience for any one I've been with in my life to this point in my life.

Now just a day ago her ex's mother passed away in a car accident at 48. It was awful news for more then the reason it could be the last thing that causes me this girl after all. I let her run to his support without a fight for obvious reasons. It was hard to do with a smile on my face but I did.

I told her not to worry about anything on my end and everything will be alright. It's been a week and I still have made any attempt to connect with her out of respect for providing the space I know she desperately needs.

I have to admit I've thought of her everyday and I need help with what all you think I should do? Part of me feels as if I've just slipped through the hands of that elusive lady named destiny if only with my fingertips. The other half wants to believe there may be another chance much farther down the road.

Do I stay or let this one go? What's the safe amount of time to wait before contacting, even if just asking to catch up? Ahh its awful but I feel if its time to move on the at least the worse is already over.