Oh, great. Did she think he hated romance now? That he was cynical and cold? He hoped not. "No, not necessarily," he slowly replied, choosing his words carefully. "Just cupids running amok, you know. And at work, no less. What do you think about Valentine's Day?"
"Yeah, I have hobbies and things I like, just nothing I'm as passionate about as you seem to be about plants," he explained.