You're not going to find solace in this now, but the risks of falling in love often come from your own (and often reasonable) expectations. If you don't let yourself become vulnerable to begin with, you haven't even left the house and have little to gain as well.
The problem actually isn't because I did it in front of my Manager, as he's cool with that most of the times, but this time I did it inside the call centre in front of some agents. Apparently, he's definitely not cool with that.