naej- that was excellent. My secret undercover job has been revealed at last!
Future Girl, Lovely One- I DIDN'T put my hand on CEOs knee, although I nearly touched his hair. It was touch and go but I managed to control myself. Thank goodness- imagine how inapproriate that would have been! And then I dreamed I was massaging his head last night (no laughing Future One- that's not a euphemism!)
Ali- the conference is in London on Tuesday and Wednesday, with pre-conference drinks on Monday night. I'm likely to see H several times while it's on, so we'll see how that goes. I'm glad you see the increased contact as positive. I'm wary of it. Until he says something concrete about wanting to work things out, I think I still will be.... Oh, and don't be envious- walking a tightrope is NOT fun (thank goodness CEO hasn't asked me out!)
Jounralling
I replied to H's e-mail yesterday in the usual style. I asked if he was going to the conference drinks on Monday and said I hoped he had a good weekend planned (that's a 180 for me since the S- I usually don't express that kind of wish to him).
CEO was on good form yesterday- lots of banter. At one point he asked if my old boss (who'd come for lunch with me and CEO) fancies me, and then referred to me as a good-looking woman with something about her and said that men love to be with that kind of woman. Then he looked embarrassed and changed the subject. So sweet.
During that conversation he also told me he couldn't get the worktops for the kitchen that I'd wanted, and a plan to get the ones he'd got to look more like the ones I'd liked. It was a great flirting opportunity that I totally missed. I'm losing my mojo thanks to these stupid butterflies- it's a disaster. Essie, I need HELP!
This afternoon I had a call from him talking about a work thing (Saturday afternoon?!). Annoyingly, though, my phone kept cutting out and I think it annoyed him because he left a message on my answering machine to that effect. Shame because the conversation started out nicely, and then degenerated into both of us being annoyed. My RL friends think these niggly conversations are a sign he's getting to me. I think he's just annoying sometimes- he does drive me mad. Anyway, I think we might be meeting at the office tomorrow afternoon to do more work. I guess we'll see though. It'll probably be me at the office and him at home (and hopefully not him lying on the office floor and me wondering what to do, like last time)
No word from H this weekend. Still, I shouldn't be impatient. We'll (possibly) be together more on Mon/Tues/Weds than we've been the whole time since the S so there will be lots of time to speak then.
