There is a saying of "don't dip your pen in the company ink," which is to advise that business and pleasure don't mix.
You need to decide what is more important you, a short time with her or your livelihood. This may seem like an extreme view of choices, but in reality it is not.
You need to consider the worst-case scenario. Say it happens, you go out and get tangled up together. You think it was wonderful, but for whatever she regrets it happening. Now your working relationship is constantly awkward; and your ability to perform at work suffers as a result. With downward performance at work, it won't be long before you are out of a job.
Maybe you are able to rise above the situation, and the awkwardness doesn't affect your work performance. Maybe it effects hers. You make a seemingly innocent compliment to her and she interprets it as you are making another pass; and you end up with a harassment complaint against you. Once again, you lose your job. And, it is harder to get a new job as you are now known for the harassment. Even if you don't lose your job, people remember the harassment (proven or not) and you get passed over for the next promotion.
Let her flirt if it makes you feel good, but never never never hook-up or allow it to progress in any shape or form.
Another reason to not engage is because girls talk to girls. And if you are the one that she is unable to catch, her friends will know it; even the friends outside of work. And you let her friends from outside of work succeed in catching you. When it comes to sex, it is much more fun to be the prey.
SB
