Usually, it is just a pet name. It could mean the same as "sweetie", "honey", "love", "darling", "babe", and so on. Some women use these as terms of endearment towards a deeply loved one, but others...
We all have tendency to give everyone we like a petname. When a man or someone we don't know call us chic, it's not flirting, nor in insult. So try not to be worry about why this man call you chic,...