Wow! You had a lot of b*lls to make a statement like that.
And you probably said it with such confidence, the guy didn’t even argue.
As you know much better than I do, part of performing involves acting out the passion in some manner, even if just in your imagination, for those three to five minutes, you undertake a suspension of disbelief, and live that role within yourself. Some of that act might seem like the real thing to a ‘helpless’, tho observant young lady.
8~). She was a cute girl.