Paramour used to mean simply lover or wooer, but has tended to become associated with an illicit lover (perhaps because a relationship by marriage was often for social or economic position, whereas a relationship outside of marriage would be for love, par amour).
Little can be inferred without more information, but one can say that the female knows that her correspondent wants to be her lover (and is not yet her lover), and he is willing to wait until circumstances or attitudes allow that. That the paramour in waiting phrase is parallel in form to lady-in-waiting suggests that she might be implying his position may be socially inferior but that it is an honor to be a potential paramour.
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