((((Handsome)))) It's never too late, and July is definitely not too late at all!!
Today's update.
H e-mailed me in the morning asking if I fancied lunch. He wrote a couple of other sentences about how his day was going. I said I could spare an hour as I had another meeting to go to, so we met for lunch. It was nice- the food was good and H chose the restaurant. We talked about the usual subjects, and H gave me advice on the bathroom light in the flat. When we met H went to kiss me and give me a little hug. I hugged back, but didn't hold it long. Same when we said goodbye. He looked back at me as he was leaving. It was a typical interaction, but short and I was myself without worrying about the effect of what I was saying (which was fine because the topics were normal, as in a conversation between old friends). Overall I'd say I was much more detached than ever before.
I then had a few meetings out of office in the afternoon and when I got back to work H had mailed me a short message saying he'd enjoyed lunch and hoped my meeting had gone well this afternoon. it hadn't so I wrote back saying it hadn't and asking if I could talk to him about it sometime and get his advice. He replied saying yes, that he would help me if he could and that I should try not to worry about it too much. That was nice of him; he didn't have to do that.
CEO was in a good mood today. He was bantering with rich office assistant this morning, which was quite funny. A couple of times as he was walking around he'd catch my eye and smile. Twice he came and stood opposite me and did a crotch display thing (thumbs in belt, hands framing the key area). The second time we ended up gazing at each other for a while without speaking for a bit (it can't have been more than a few seconds, but felt like ages). he looked away for a split second and then looked back.
Later in the morning, he said he needed my help with something and we chose a filing cabinet for his home office. He then teased me about a mutual acquaintance who asked me out, and said he thought I could do a lot better. In the afternoon, he was telling MLC man about our evening out on Wednesday (he said I was jumping around with excitement, and I replied that I nearly spilt my water). In response we got called 'the sober couple'. Later we went for a quick drink at the pub (CEO joined Austin and I). He teased me for ordering a soft drink (a reference to the sober couple thing, I guess) and told us about the kind of woman he goes for (intelligent, slightly aloof, as though she's got a life of her own). Austin said he was mainly talking to me, but I said I found him ambiguous and confusing, so she agreed.
This evening I met a friend for a couple of drinks, which was fun. Having a quiet weekend this weekend. Watching TV and doing some exercise tomorrow (to recover from my crazy busy week!), and on Sunday visiting BFF for the afternoon.
