You need to flee the coffee shop now, warns an inner voice. Make up an excuse. Say anything.
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“And your profile picture doesn’t do you justice. I am sure you have been told that,” he says as he leans in closer.
“No, I am hearing it for the very first time,” she says.
Lucy excuses herself. She takes a pen out of her bag and scribbles herself a note. Reminder: cancel the online dating service, ASAP.