‘Am I being ridiculous about these rings, like Lucas says?’ Arjun tilts his head, tapping the pen on the menu. ‘You’re being an optimist,’ he says eventually. ‘And a romantic.’ ‘So . . . Ridiculous?’ ‘No.’ He gives me his full attention – a rare thing from Arjun. ‘You’re being Izzy, and it’s excellent,’ he says, as though it’s as simple as that.
