Hugo sat stiffly on his mat, his face frozen in a polite smile as Daphne eagerly chatted beside him about her favourite yoga poses. He nodded occasionally, but inside, his brain was going full meltdown mode.
'This is what I get for trusting dating apps,' he lamented to himself. 'Never again. Swipe left? Swipe right? No, swipe me off this mat and out of here.'
He glanced sideways at Daphne, who was now attempting to demonstrate a pose called the "Happy Baby" but looked more like a struggling turtle.
'How do I escape this without breaking her heart?' he thought, furrowing his brows. 'I can't just ditch her… can I? No, Hugo, you're better than that.'
Still, he couldn't stop imagining ridiculous escape plans.
1. The Fake Emergency
He could clutch his stomach and groan dramatically. "Oh no, Daphne! Bad sushi! Gotta go!" But what if she insisted on helping him? He cringed at the idea of her escorting him to a nonexistent bathroom emergency.
