She ghosted me for three days, responds with conflicting response. What do I do?

Was talking to a girl (I'll just call her c) i met through a mutual friend. We later matched on hinge and she gushed about how attractive she found me. After a week of messaging she ghosts me. Three days later, she says she feels really bad about ghosting me, but it's because she's been talking to another guy for a while and wanted to see where things go. I say cool! That's totally fine, glad i didn't emotionally invest. NYE comes around and the mutual friend asks me to hang at a club. I go downtown to find c there. Turns out the other guy was a total dick, and that she was too embarrassed to reach back out to me, so she secretly asked our mutual friend to set this NYE event up. Fast forward, we have dates planned. BUT I still can't help feeling like something is not right? Am I not respecting myself? Should I just ask her to be friends? I still like her alot, but i want to also treat myself right. Any help/advice/anecdotes would be much appreciated.