She looked at him with an expression on her face that was something halfway between a frown and a laugh.

"Are you trying to warn me off him?" she said. "Because it's not like that at all. Charm and charisma is practically in the job description. And I do not have a type."

She was ruefully aware, nevertheless, that she almost certainly sounded like she was protesting too much; that she did think Niles was an attractive man; and finally that Niko, hilariously enough, was right. She was almost impressed that he'd noticed after such a relatively brief acquaintance.