Guys, I asked him casually for a 3rd date later this week and he answered "let's connect this week," is this a polite way of rejecting me?

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I went out on 2 dates with a guy and we did hook up on the 1st date. I usually don't but we connected well and talking was so easy. The 2nd date a week later he invited me out with friends and I spent most of the night at his place but left bc I needed to be up at 5am but he didn't want me to leave. He talked about how he's looking for something serious, mentioned he told his mom about me (she grew up in my hometown), said he'd like us to see each other more and made tentative plans for the next night, said I was adorable, and kissed me goodnight when I left.

Next morning I saw he unmatched me on the app we met through and updated his photos. I tried not to panic bc he updated photos after the 1st date too and we're not exclusive so figured he unmatched me bc we saw each other 2x now. I texted him that evening and said that I was tired from no sleep the night before would it be okay if we moved our plans to another night? He didn't respond to that. I texted good morning the next day and also no response. Figured it's the weekend he'll answer at SOME point. When he didn't I texted that night "hey, should I stop texting you? No hard feelings if you've changed your mind since the other night but don't want to keep bugging you." he immediately replied "no no I've just been super busy."

I waited a week without texting after that and it's now the weekend and haven't heard from him. Sunday I texted "good morning, I was thinking of you a little bit last night ;). I also never got the chance to tell you about (a thing he wanted me to ask my friend about)." He replied quickly and said "oh really?" We texted briefly and I asked how his weekend was going and I ended it with "have fun, if you'd like to get together again some night this week let me know :) maybe drinks if you're free later on in the week?" He replied "let's connect this week." and I ended it "sounds good, I'll text you in a few days and see how things are. Have fun today." Is this a polite way of rejecting me?
Guys, I asked him casually for a 3rd date later this week and he answered "let's connect this week," is this a polite way of rejecting me?
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