I work with colleague, she is 30++ woman, she is very independent, have a career and mature. She is sorta of the girl who overprotecting by her parent and recently break free from their parent. I am also in my 30's already.

A lot of stuff been happening between me and her. For the first few months, I don't have feeling for her until I spends too much time hanging out with her and fallen head over heels over her.

I did a mistake thought, I make thing too fast and she's got scare, some more I make another mistake is I confessed my feeling too early, so ending up she's been avoiding me and giving me the cold shoulder. The reason she rejected me because she have no experience how to date and willing to stay single for the rest of her life. To sums it up, she rejected herself and me.

I did take a step back but whenever I take a step back, she's notice it and used it against me cause we used to hang out as a group. I stop doing it and continue being myself to her, at the time I also trying to move on with my life.

After a month of awkwardness, everything settle back to normal, no big deal. She will tease me often in subtle way and I did the same to her but thing is a little different. All the chat is initiate by me, and she will tell me what's going and honestly telling me everything about her work but never tell me what's going on with her life but whenever I go out lunch with her and a colleague of mine. She also talks about other guy in front of me, but only briefly, saying that friend can help you find business.
She's always on her phone, I begins to suspect that she moved on to another guy or I just thinking too much.

After this, the period where she's been emotional sad, cause something happens to her,  she's told me about it, her personal story and so i just listen to her and give small bits of advice. She's been real friendly and comfortable with me lately. Not showing any awkwardness but she kept texting a "guy" friend, thats i know so far.

So ladies, am i in the friend-zone, my guts tell me I AM!