Im in love with a Cancer man, please help

I would be most grateful for an advice from any cancers or cancer men out there. I am a libra, who has fallen in love madly with a cancer man. Let me tell you the story first..I am married with 2 small children. My husband (Aries) I have been with for 13 years is suffocating me for years with his arrogance, ignorance and vulgar behaviour. He has been mentally abusing towards me for years, always trying to put me down..I live in a different country of my origin, hence I alway stuck with him to avoid being without family and completely on my own, when I finally wanted to break free I got pregnant with my first child, I found out he was cheating on me and that made me insecure and again I was worried to be alone and on the top of that with a child. I have “forgiven”him but never forgot. 3 years ago our second child was born. Relationship is hard, I am always alone with the children, doing things with them on my own...

A friend of mine asked me to stArt going to an outdoor gym with her every morning to get more fit plus relax and uplift my mood as I am always stressed out. At this gym I have met a guy..he is not my typical type, more of an opposite of what I fancy normally...we just start casually talking, he was sitting on a grass watching me for weeks, talking to me about what my likes are and dislikes, I told him I’m going to a park everyday after school with my kids and he started going there too, just to observe me from distance..then one day when we were chatting he asked me if I was single and whether he could have my number. I was shacking as I liked him a lot at this stage and I said:”yes and no” (I was scared to loose his interest) he asked for the number anyway and I gave it to him. He texted me right away and we were in contact for couple of days until he met me outside of the gym and we were talking and hugging and kissing each other. I was in love straight away, flying sky high and thought I found what I was looking for and was missing in my life...he told me he has got 2 kids from previous relationship (one of them is not his a disabled child) and he broke up with his ex due to her cheating on him...I felt really bad so I told him about my situation, that I live with father of my kids but our relationship is dead for years..I’m with him only because of the kids and I asked him whether he wants me under there circumstances...he agreed as he also felt we have some special bond..but after we have met for the second time (which was also amazing)we were just hugging and kissing again he suddenly changed. On the last date he asked me whether we can do something together, like going out on a real date and I said i will figure something out...but later on we were just texting and he was cold..didn’t want to be affectionate, he was answering less frequently, but always answered..I told him that I have actually fallen in love with him and that I am confused and don’t know what to do...he told me he is afraid of getting hurt..after i was pushing and having a tantrum over him speaking less frequently he suddenly told me he had a one night stand with an old gf 2 months ago and she is pregnant..and he thinks he got trapped..I don’t know what that means really..he said he has to sort these things out because he is in a deep depression...the woman agreed on an abortion but later on changed her mind and he closed himself In his shell...he doesn’t want to tell me more, I agreed I will stop texting him, he said he cares about me very much and he feels strongly for me also but in his head he is afraid of getting hurt and he can’t concentrate..so I told him to contact me when he is ready and told him I will wait for him...he told

Me:”thanks for understanding, I will find a way out of the black hole soon. I will speak real soon. Bear with me.”

I told him ok, I will and since then it’s been a week and he hasn’t texted me...I’m falling into depression, I’m sad, I know I can’t text him. He is always on WhatsApp but he doesn’t text me...

My question is: does he want to stop contacting me all together? Why did he say bear with me if he didn’t want to be with me anymore? I’m very much in love with him and I told him, I wasn’t afraid of being open about it..but did he get scared? Is he going to contact me again? How long should I wait? I’m devastated...I need an advice..this is first time I’m dealing with a cancerian in my life...