Maybe it's just me because I can't speak for others, but... The image of a man in an apron...?

[She leans one cheek into a palm looking rather dreamily into the air.]

It gives the image of a very dependable man. And that's... Attractive!

[Normally, Ai wouldn't be this open about what she likes so blatantly but talking with Connor makes it easy. It's not like with Lien who immediately finds an opening to make a jab to embarrass her.]