Making a date with fate

Gloria Yu never used to believe in magic. She does now.

Strikingly attractive, slim, sophisticated and outgoing, she seemed to possess all the qualities a man could desire. But with every boyfriend, the passion would soon fizzle out of their relationship and the man would vanish.

Not into thin air, or behind a puff of smoke, but, usually, into an uncomfortable silence at the end of the telephone, or simply a text message saying, "It's over".