"Come in first and let's talk about it," Emily Hill hesitated for a moment before letting Simon Carrington in. Carolline Ruiz went inside to make Simon a cup of tea, naturally using the precious tea leaves that Henry Ruiz had kept in his collection.
After Simon sat down in the living room, he explained the blind date mishap from the day before yesterday. In fact, he had stood Carolline up on the blind date. He had known that Carolline would be his date, but he hadn't expected to meet her again under those circumstances.
After seeing Carolline that day, he had been itching to make up for his mistake, hoping to find a time to formally meet with Carolline again.
He had already talked about this idea with his mother, who had not objected and even supported the idea.
