ex text me asking if i hate him…. i don't know what to say :(

Hi,

My bf of 2 years broke up with me last week. He said he had commitment issues and that he panicked and thought he’d never be able to make me as happy as he someone else could, mainly because he couldn’t express him emotions. I love him dearly but he is the most emotionally repressed person i’ve ever met. Very few signs of affection in two years..no i love you. He was quite dependent on me and I knew how much he did care about me, he wanted to see me pretty much everyday, i know he cared .
So.. We’d broken up about 10 times before and each time he wanted to get back together. As did I. This time it was final final. Everyother time we’d broken up it was over a silly argument. This time it’s because he realised he couldn’t stay with me because of his commitment issues..he just didn’t want me anymore.
ANyway. two nights ago he text me saying how sorry he was for breaking my heart and that his hard been very difficult for him and how all he’d been thinking about was us and that he’s confused and that his hair had been falling out and sorry for getting in contact but that he was sorry for breaking my heart. I didn’t respond. Last night he text ‘Please Alana tell me do you hate me?’.

I’m not sure what to say. He is stubborn and i’m worried ignoring him will make him think ‘fine i’ll leave you alone for good’. I had told him when we broke up that i didn’t want to speak to him, that i wanted a clean break. He is usually respectful of my wishes. I’m worried he will actually respect that if i ignore him.