I did not see Charles again until Tuesday . He told me that Martin 's and my body language and whispered banter caused others at the party to suspect something between us . Of course it led to those party - goers to ask others at work about our relationship . So now there is a rumor about our relationship status at work .

Based on the preceding passage, choose your answer for question Why are people talking about the narrator and Martin ?
OPTIONS: [-] Both are married and people were worried about their flirting. [-] They were obviously not very happy with one another. [-] They were flirting with one another and people like to gossip. [-] They were deliberately pretending to like one another for fun.
The answer is:
They were flirting with one another and people like to gossip