Mutual attraction but don't want a relationship

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This girl at my work and I have been talking online every day for several months now. About a month in, she told me she liked me and at that point I didn't know what to say because I didn't really see her that way. I told her the truth and she said it was alright and we stayed friends. Now, I think I'm starting to like her back. Great, you may think. But I don't want a relationship, for several reasons. I'm not ready for the commitment first of all, and I don't think it would work out in the long term because my parents wouldn't approve (they want me to be with someone from the same country, which is difficult as we don't live in our homeland), I'm moderately religious, no pre-marital sex and all that, and she isn't religious at all.

I get a catch in my throat and my heart races every time I think about it, and I think I want to tell her but I fear it will make things super weird, because I like the thing we have right now.

Should I tell her and hope for the best or just try to suppress it?