At my new job there's more girls than guys. There's this one guy they're all in love with. Since I've been there, the "new girl" he's been giving me the eye, we've been gazing at each other, and he's been getting noticeably upset/cold when I talk to the very few other guys there. Hes always hanging around. Instinct says he likes me...but today a female friend of his (who is married so I don't see what she has to gain from advising me against him) told me he doesn't want a girlfriend. But that's the story he's given so far to subtly reject the girls already there.
With me, he acts different.
But after she told me this I just want to start avoiding him to protect my feelings. But he's been showing interest and I feel like its unfair of me to just start avoiding him because of what this girl told me.
First she asked me rather accusingly (and out of nowhere) if I liked him. Then quickly covered the bluntness with "because everyone likes him."
Should I take her word for it or just keep talking to him like I have been?
Ps the girl doesn't really like me...I catch her staring at me a lot & though she's married she hangs around with this guy often and her friend is in love with him. (But he doesn't like her & distances himself from her)