Why would a dominant man be ok with just flirting at work and not asking me out?

One time I playfully pretended to hit him with a soft object and then he said ‘did you just try to hit me?’ And I think I nodded yes or no I don’t remember which.

AND HE WAs staring king and hard in my eyes with his intense tiger eyes.
it made me shy and I hid behind something and told him ‘stop’ like as in stop looking at me LoL. And then he made a pretend shocked face LOL!!

and every time he sees me I think he has this huge smile on his face. And he loves to say embarrassingly low key flirty or playful things to me when his coworkers are around. Because he wants to see me get shy.

Why would a dominant man be ok with just flirting at work and not asking me out?
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