Now I know everybody is saying not to do anything at the workplace, but here it seems to be quite normal for others.

I do fairly well with night/day game and online dating but this I cannot grasp yet.

Brief history:

About one and a half year ago a new girl joined the company and she is really beautiful. The kinda girl that everybody wants and she kind of receives way too much male attention, maybe unwanted too from guys with zero game and low IQ. She works on a different floor completely out of my 2nd tier circle even. Anyway we still pass by each other in the hallway or the canteen 3-4x times a day. We used to have half smile eye contact, but you know, a bit different than the small talk kinda smile. I sensed there was something more As I saw that we are both smoking I went up to her to ask for a cigarette (ofc I had one on my own but you know the drill), we had some chat but nothing crazy. I told her I will reciprocate next time. Later we passed by each other and I gave her a high five with the cig in my hand. It was fun.

Then I approached her at the Christmas party, this time to actually spend some time talking but her boss stepped in and pushed the corporate talk. I kinda froze there and exited soon after.

I kinda found her instagram, followed her, she followed me back, all g. Then one night, we were fooling around with some datings app w my friends and we saw her and they just swiped her right. 2 days later she unfollowed me. I kinda took that to heart sensing that I just sent her a signal that I cant approach in real life.

To my surprise, later she approached me with some nonsense for a little small talk and flirting. I was not expecting this, but said what the hell so I wrote her a note on teams to grab a coffee, she kinda declined without saying it, you know like later, cant rn that kind of stuff, I didnt push it. But I took that as an ultimate rejection.

Now I dont know who started it but we kinda started this weird ignoring each other kinda stuff. No eye contact, not saying hi only when absolutely necessary.

Mind you, this was back when my confidence and game really was on a low point.

So after all this and 1 year, we made 2-3second eye contact three times in 3 minutes in the cafeteria.

1 time sitting across each other at different tables, once when she passed by me and once when she was leaving but turned back to look me in the eye.

I felt like we both waited for this to happen. What I do not know is how to properly approach her or the situation. We have zero official contact, she is never alone and she does not smoke anymore.

I feel much more confident in my skills this time to actually not fumble if the proper situation presents itself, but I might not be able to see what it would be.

My options in my mind:

A: lets see the next 1-2 weeks if there is an opening and eye contact+smile combo is still alive and create a situation.

B: If there is no situation only eye contact(I have no idea how to approach a group of “coworkers” that I dont know), I just go yolo and text her on Teams again or follow her on insta and shoot there.

C: not worth it