>>134074It's best to assume all men are capable of ill intentions as it allows you to best prepare yourself for the worst case scenario, rather than having your hope of a decent, amicable connection crushed and your composure left unguarded.
The issue becomes a question of whether or not you think he's likely to be cruel about his ulterior motives (romantic slash sexual interest), or just the sort to leave open the chance to sleep with you. A lot of men hold space in their minds for the possibility that something could happen between him and a woman he thinks is at least not ugly. Do you know if he's a sensitive person, or the type to drop things easily when he's been slighted, even if a joke is an offense? Is he calm? What kind of things does he talk about, if not work?
It's hard to read the body language of men if you aren't accustomed to being around them, but most of the time it's not worth worrying about until they say something inappropriate. When they get more personal with their questions, asking whether you've got a partner or not, that's an absolute guarantee that he's feeling out the available room to behave in a certain way, predicting what he can get away with.
Decent men tend to at least try not to look at your boobs if they're "out", and that behaviour of dodging their eyes is usually more obvious than the staring, although sometimes they'll find their eyes drifting back to that spot when they don't want them to (the same way one can keep making awkward eye contact with a class mate across the room in their line of sight, and can't stop doing it after realising that they are.) You can try wearing a completely chest and torso covering outfit like a baggy shirt and see if he still flicks his eyes over your body, or if he changes how he treats you based on what you wear.
If the conversations are mostly in text and he doesn't push too often to be in person with you, that's a calm sign as of now. He could still be playing a long game, or he's.. nice and not really thinking about that. Maybe he's hired you for the really simple reason that he knows you from when you were young and thinks your personality is a fit for where he works.
It can be hard to hold suspicion against others as it complicates how you see them and might lead to misinterpreting true intentions. So it's not healthy to overthink it, but it's still safe to assume tha
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