Hmmm, what would you want to come from it if so?

I'm not a woman so I will leave that part of the analysis alone for the most part, lol. I ask you though, what would you want to come from it if indeed it was a genuine "I like you" smile and feeling? The answer to that question depending on what it is, could quickly stop your brain from wondering about it

I've seen what you speak of in a few ladies concerning the donation and I really don't know where it comes from. A lady Ive seen before recently walked out and totally forgot it but I didn't! She wasn't all that oh shit I forgot that when I reminded her as well but I know she wanted it, lol. If she has seen you before as you speak and is comfortable with you, then she probably does trust your honor regarding it and no big deal. Handle next time. I try to be very upfront about it though and not leave it to the last minute if possible. I understand how that might be lost however, if there is a certain comfort level from multiple visits with each other.

I would suggest to stop thinking about whether it was a look of I like you or something more. Slippery Slope and not the good kind. Ok. I'm going to stop now!! Lol

Believe me the sparkle in her eye was not because she is in love with you it's because you drove so far to bring her bucks
Ha  

 
Sounds to me like you are wishful thinking

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If she is any kind of professional it was not a "I want more" smile.  
It was most likely a " yes I know your a good guy " smile.  
Getting too deep into thought about all this stuff will just ruin a good thing.  
Leave it alone.

she knows you and trusts you, as you trust her. You validated her trust and she was happy. Big smiles all around. Don't over think and mess it up. She may ENJOY your company, but she NEEDS the support your "donation" provides. Enjoy your time with her, continue to respect her, and don't push boundaries.

The fact that you showed concern speaks volumes about you and your integrity.  My date and I got caught up in conversation from the moment he arrived and neither of us noticed until after he'd departed.  He's always prompt, respectful and a pleasure to meet. I was actually less concerned than he was because I knew it was an honest mistake and ripping me off would be out of character for him.  That smile probably meant "I know you're a good person and I appreciate you holding up your end."

I was saddened a bit by all the responses. Even though the OP questioned the beginning of a fantasy on his part that a companionable woman's smile may have meant something akin to "I like you", the low likelihood that it meant something romantic doesn't mean that it was meaningless. As hard as it may be to believe, providers and customers are not the only ones whose business relationship requires appropriate boundaries, yet non-business relationships frequently grow out of such "limited" business situations. For example, hundreds of millions of Americans go to work every day with members of the opposite sex (and their own sex) and deal with feelings, desires and fantasies that involve persons who are "off-limits" due to employer-employee status. I know my job would be a lot less fun to go to if it wasn't for personal relationships with folks who I work with and supervise, likewise with clients,  vendors and others who would be completely inappropriate for me to have a romantic relationship with. Yet that is not a reason to write off our feelings for each other as imagined because its just business.

There are some providers (not on TER, of course) who think of themselves as selling  and customers ( not on TER , of course) who think of themselves as buyers of access to another another person's  body for physical gratification. The great majority  of folks  (maybe even some on TER) are in the business of fantasy /entertainment . It's a fantasy that requires certain boundaries, emotionally and otherwise) but that really isn't all that different from others who market or consume entertainment. Action movie stars are actors, not mercenaries; they are not the character they portray.  Moviegoers are folks seeking some entertainment, free of distraction,  that takes them away from their own lives for 100 minutes; they are not ghouls, etc.  The only difference is one of degree. The fantasy world of TER involves letting down a lot of boundaries  which in exchange requires thicker walls around those things that remain "off limits".  When the fantasy is over, the clothes go back on, the actors part company  and the walls can come down.  

So when Leon turned around from "halfway down the road" and came back with that supposedly all-important envelope,  they met under a somewhat different set of circumstances and rules . Leon turned around because it was important to him that he not be the kind of person who would take advantage of that sort of situation, especially to the disadvantage of someone who he has a relationship with that extends, within limits,  beyond naked gymnastics. She likely spent the time between his driving off and coming back up the drive dealing with the dozen different thoughts and feelings about the missing envelope, all the different permutations of should I or shouldn't I. So, for a moment in her doorway, she got to see a part of Leon that is so much more intimate than seeing him without clothes, and she smiled the smile that comes from within, the one Leon had never seen before and may never see again, a part of her that was so much less mercantile, so much more personal, than seeing her without clothes on. A moment of I SEE YOU.  

 It doesn't have to mean that she wanted to have babies and buy a place in Sarasota with Leon but if we cant celebrate those moments  rather than writing them off as having no meaning beyond that fucking envelope, then the planet is in bigger trouble than I thought. Or maybe this was all my fantasy .