Love at first sight

They met at a mutual friend's dinner party at a Spanish restaurant in London, over the love of their lives - food.

That evening, Derek behaved like a gentleman and Catherine didn't spill food on him.

Swiftly, Derek teased out the name of the Italian restaurant that Catherine had been dying to try and made a reservation for two. She never says "no" to food.

Over a shared risotto, they talked about their unanimous dreams of sending their future children to France for their studies.

Two weeks later, at their first date, Derek turned up in Hong Kong with a big bouquet.

He took three years to prepare his proposal. She asked, what took you so long?

She said yes

He asked her to join him on a trip, which he said was for business, in Dubai.

She lounged by the pool, watching sunsets and camels pacing across the beach against the skyline, whilst he orchestrated his master plan.

Came the final evening of the weekend escapade, he took her on an evening walk around the hotel garden. He led her down a rose-petalled path to a pavilion with a table for two awaiting them.

Too shocked by his surprise, she did not recall him getting down on one knee to propose. Gently, he put the ring on her finger. Immediately, she said "yes".

Now they are ready to be married.