The man saw the woman had come wandering through the door and debated whether to acknowledge her presence or just let her wonder if he noticed.
He played around with remaining silent because she had been silent and it irked him. Irked him because she had direction and more than just ideas about what he was thinking and it wasn’t reciprocated.
If you asked him for his opinion her interest level was there but she was afraid to voice it and to see where it might go.
There were potential complications but there was also a huge upside potentially too.
He figured she would explore that upside sooner or later. They weren’t done, not yet.
Neither would know for certain without taking time to explore it and he was certain she was considering it.
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