"Can't imagine anybody firin' you without givin' you more than a day's shot at it." Yes, that's Alcide saying she's pretty to look at. Maybe that's not what he should be boiling it down to, maybe it's even a little bit sexist. But at his base, Alcide is a pretty simple guy with few if any ulterior motives. He's never had any reason to be more complicated and honestly, he likes having things be simple. It makes them more pure. It means Alcide is honest with himself and others. He is honestly a nice, good guy with no ulterior motives so he means nothing bad by it.

Well, when he says he has no ulterior motives... right now he's still thinking about getting that jumpsuit off of her and fucking her against a wall. Whatever's going on with him really is poking at his Alpha-ness and the missing wolf parts and taking him for a ride. Does that count as an ulterior motive? Maybe. He'd like to think it doesn't.

"You're damn pretty for a ghost." He teases/flirts with her.

Alcide stops in his tracks, closes his eyes and cants his head back, taking a deep breath as he tries, once again, to get control of himself. His thumbs are hooked in the waist of his jumpsuit again. His private parts are barely covered, just barely. Still, he tries to do the right thing just because that's who Alcide is underneath it all. "You should probably get away from me, Casper. I don't think I'm safe for anyone right now."