‘Bloody hell. I’ve never seen eyes that colour before. I could spend hours staring into them. They’re kind of the same blue that you see in pictures of ice caves, aren’t they? Extraordinary.’

‘He has got nice eyes,’ I agree.

‘I mean, the rest of him is pretty good too, plus he’s a complete natural with kids. Five minutes and he’s got Isaac eating out of the palm of his hand? That’s unheard of. You must marry him immediately.’

‘Slow down, Tash. For all we know, the reason he’s so good with kids is that he has a whole secret family somewhere. I’m not falling into that trap again.’

‘You know that isn’t true. He’s the real deal, Tills. If Luke was sent to test you, Will’s your reward for doing the right thing. I went to Catholic school. I know these things.’

‘I went to Catholic school too, and I don’t remember that concept ever being mentioned.’

‘You probably weren’t listening for that bit. Anyway, the point is don’t let what happened with Luke get in the way of finding true love.’

‘And you’ve decided, based on nothing more than his eyes and the fact that Isaac likes him, that true love for me is Will-shaped.’

‘Abso-fucking-lutely.’

‘Well, thank you for your carefully considered opinion, dear sister. I will ponder it in my heart. However, we’re just friends and, even if I were interested in him, his dad kind of warned me off.’

Her face turns thunderous. ‘Really? Why? If he thinks his precious boy is too good for my big sister, I’ll be having a word.’

‘I don’t think it’s that. He just said Will was more vulnerable than I might expect, and to be careful with him.’

‘What does that mean? Bad break-up, do you think?’

‘I’ve no idea, but it was a clear warning.’

‘Have you asked Will about it?’

‘No. He doesn’t know what his dad said and it’s not really the kind of thing you can bring up in conversation, is it?’

She’s silent, obviously processing what I’ve told her as she makes the drinks.

‘You could ask him about his past relationships,’ she says eventually. ‘That’s natural curiosity about someone and you wouldn’t need to let on what his father had said.’

‘I think that gives off the wrong vibe.’

‘Why?’

‘It just sounds like I’m either interested myself, or I’m sizing him up to matchmake him with one of my friends.’

‘Nonsense. You’re overthinking it. There are lots of ways to bring it up casually without making a big deal of it.’

Thankfully, further analysis of my non-existent relationship with Will is halted by the arrival of Greg, sweating profusely and leaving much less to the imagination than I’d like in his Lycra running shorts.