I just sent her a very plain text in return. "Fine thanks, staying here for xmas." After which she sent me another 2 messages one after the other. The last one said, "Ps: i'm getting more and more intrigued by a certain joe kelly "

Joe Kelly is the protagonist of a novel I wrote. I sent her an ebook version a while back. She said before, she just imagines the protagonist as me. For the compliment, I just sent her a smiley face text with no words. I'm not interested in chasing or making any effort now. I don't really care that much, but if she wants to chase after me, I'm fine with that.