A man in Singapore has lost a court [casing / case] to get back hundreds of thousands of dollars of gifts that he had [showered / showed] on his ex-girlfriend. The man, Mr X, is a company CEO. His ex, Ms Y, was a flight attendant. The two met [among / during] a flight in 2019. Mr X became [belittled / besotted] with Ms Y and started giving her lavish gifts to [beat / win] her affection. He said he also gave her [cash / encash] "loans". The court said the value [of / at] the presents and additional loans amounted [for / to] $369,200. The presiding judge said that Mr X had "displayed a consistent pattern [to / of] showering Ms Y with lavish gifts". The judge said there had been no expectation that Ms Y would have to repay [many / any] of the money or return the gifts.
The couple were involved [on / in] a romantic relationship for just over a year. They split [down / up] after Mr X suspected Ms Y of having an affair. He argued [in / on] court that his ex-partner had requested interest-free loans to repay her credit cards and [life / live] insurance premiums, to pay for overseas trips, and to [seek / meek] the advice of a feng shui master to [excess / assess] her apartment. However, there was no documentary evidence to [prove / proof] this. Ms Y said all gifts were "made out of love and [infection / affection] ". The judge concluded that Mr X had been "smitten" by Ms Y. He added: "Unfortunately, when their relationship ended [on / in] a sour note, Mr X became embittered and was [determining / determined] to extract a price from Ms Y."
