The laughter in his voice made me smile as I nudged him in the ribs. ‘I do listen. He told me exactly what he does when we first met but I didn’t understand it. It’s got something to do with energy and renewables. I think. We have so little time together that we try not to waste it talking shop. And he’s not ghosted me. He can’t have.’

Drew gave me a look that clearly said, ‘Yeah, and I thought the same about Luukas.’ He picked up my laptop and moved onto the sofa. ‘I’ll Google energy companies. Where’s it based?’

I cringed. ‘I don’t know that either. He’s not based in an office. He goes all over the country. Maybe the Nottingham area because he used to live there.’

‘Let’s start with Nottingham, then, and work out from there.’

A couple of hours later, I’d scribbled down a list of companies in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, their websites and their phone numbers, along with a back-up list for the West Midlands just in case.

‘It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack,’ I said, staring at the list.

‘It might even be the wrong haystack but at least it’s a start. I can’t think of anything better. Can you?’

‘Phone the police and report him as a missing person?’

Drew closed my laptop and gently laid it on the coffee table. ‘You’ve already done that, haven’t you?’

I lowered my eyes, nodding.

‘What did they tell you?’

‘That it didn’t sound like a police matter and… well, I think she was suggesting I’d been dumped but was too polite to say so.’

‘Let’s try the list, eh? I’m off tomorrow. I’ve got some stuff to do in the morning but I don’t mind ringing round some places in the afternoon while you’re at work.’

‘Would you really do that for me?’

‘I’d do anything to put a smile back on that gorgeous face of yours.’

A scrabbling outside the door, a clatter of keys, and peals of laughter suggested Leah and Tiff were back from their double date.

‘That’s absolutely the last time I meet up with someone off Tinder,’ Leah cried, bursting through the door. ‘From now on, it’s swipe left to everyone.’

‘Which means you might as well delete your Tinder account,’ suggested Tiff.

‘Oh yeah! Good point. No more Tinder for me.’ Leah threw herself onto the sofa next to Drew.

‘I take it the date didn’t go well?’ Drew asked.

‘The only reason they wanted to date us was because we’re twins,’ Tiff called, heading for the kitchen area. ‘Dirty gits fancied a foursome. Water, Leah?’

‘Yes, please,’ Leah said. ‘Apparently we completely screwed up the fantasy by being non-identical twins although I’d have thought that was pretty obvious from our photos.’