She listened carefully, watching his face as he spoke, and a pink tinge crept over her cheeks as she blushed. Chase struck her as thoughtful. She didn't see him the way he saw himself, or at the very least she was able to see how much potential he had in addition to everything else. He struck her as very real. He wasn't trying to impress anyone, he wasn't trying to be something he wasn't. He was just a sweet guy.
And he was intuitive - she enjoyed the way he spoke then. She let him speak, explaining things exactly as he saw them before she nodded.
I don't know how you look past the sexy times part, she teased, smirking. Because it sounds pretty sexy the way you're describing it.