Sentence 1: Alice was extremely shy and never dated anyone. 
 Sentence 3: He approached her with a confident swag 
 Sentence 4:  But Alice recoiled afraid by his outburst 
 Sentence 5:  Xavier changed tactic and tamed the shy Alice overtime 
 Option 1: When Xavier saw her he still thought she was very pretty. 
 Option 2: When Xavier saw her he thought she wasn't pretty.