She couldn't help but laugh at his response, glancing over her shoulder at him as she started washing the dishes. "I am not completely out of touch. I don't know about 'regulation hottie,' but I don't think I am some gross troll. I manage to take a man to bed every now and again. But sex is not the same as romance. Although it does help to know that my sister is attractive enough to have found a man to marry her and have children with her. So by default, I should have that same ability. If based only on looks. Personality is a different issue."
Setting the cleaned dishes and utensils on a towel to air dry, she moved on to the larger items they'd used to cook. "No offense, but you don't seem like the type that would want to do anything romantic. Even if it is enticingly unorthodox. Romance is too intimate, too dangerous. Romance implies getting close to someone and actually enjoying it."