[He almost rolls his eyes at the teasing, that he can recognize, but instead he smirks in return.]

I know, it's because I'm such a charming and wonderful company, isn't it?

[Maybe in some alternate universe where charming and wonderful means frustrating and annoying, at least as far as he's concerned.

The smile is a bit of a surprise as it seems far more genuine than the previous ones, and that's not to say that the other ones were overly fake. They just seemed to lack much emotion to them.]

I guess I could go for that route, but I'm sure many others have showered you with those compliments. So I'll stick with what really stands out to me about you.