As I walked into Simon's flat a fortnight after our first date, his living room flickered with the light of dozens of candles. He had laid his table and flowers were placed in a vase to one side.Songs I had mentioned I liked played gently from his speaker and he had ordered herring from a specialist Nordic fishmonger for dinner because he knew I loved Scandinavian food. 'It's no less than you deserve,' he said, as I gasped in disbelief. 'You're amazing.'Exaggerated displays of affection had already become a hallmark of our brief relationship and would quickly become even more overt.
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