when did you smell him - or was this something she told you
but I assume its been washed a few times so how could it smell like anyone
I would say she was more concerned with sexy undies thing and thinking about it made her uncomfortable and so she was just giving you a message - 'not yet I'm not ready'
sometimes the reasons for something are simpler than we think
I think you did good especially to hang on to it and not let it affect your work
sometimes work can save us from just letting emotions take over
I know that my work has helped me stay in control of a lot of things