It all started while they were both working for Enterprise. A couple month's working at Enterprise, Eliza's manager gave Eliza her credit card to purchase Starbucks for the team after picking up a vehicle from the San Jose Airport (SJC), where Charles was working. Well...from the branch that Eliza worked at to SJC, Eliza LOST the credit card (sorry Jill!). Charles helped Eliza retrace her steps and search the Rental Car Center at SJC. While they were not able to find the credit card, Charles helped ease the situation by speaking with Jill first as Eliza had just started her career at Enterprise. From that moment, Eliza knew she could rely on Charles and Charles knew that Eliza would keep him on his toes. Their friendship grew even more when Eliza started working at SJC a couple months later. For the next year, Eliza and Charles became extremely close friends, taking lunch breaks together almost every day and always going out of the way to help each other...whether it be for work or for personal reasons.

Eliza decided to change careers in 2014 by accepting a job at Sequoia Benefits (now known as Sequoia Consulting Group) as a benefits broker. After seeing each other almost every day at work while working at Enterprise, Charles and Eliza now had to make more of an effort to see each other. At this point, Charles had a crush on Eliza for a little while and felt like this was an opportune time to hopefully take their relationship to the next level. With some liquid courage one night, Charles made his move and asked her out. Eliza was taken by surprise to say the least. Eliza took some time to think it through, and agreed to go out on a date. They knew that this meant that their friendship would never be the same, but they took the leap and have been inseparable ever since.

The day started out with lunch at the same spot Charles took Eliza on their first date, Kazoo, a sushi restaurant in San Jose's Japantown. One of Eliza's favorite musicals, Wicked was playing in downtown San Jose (it also happened to be the first musical Eliza and Charles watched together) so after lunch, Charles took Eliza to see the show. Not only was the anxiety building, but Charles was growing in discomfort with each step. He had hidden the ring in his sock...still in the ring box! It was VERY uncomfortable to say the least. After the show, Charles drove Eliza to the San Jose Rose Garden where they enjoyed one of their first dates...and by the garden fountain, Charles asked Eliza to spend the rest of their lives together as life partners. Thinking ahead, Charles had a photographer capture the moment she said yes! Charles said that he had one more place he wanted to take Eliza, but mentioned stopping by the apartment to feed their dog, Coco. Much to Eliza' s surprise, their close friends were at the apartment, having gotten there hours beforehand to decorate and get food ready, to celebrate the newly engaged couple! The day ended with lots of tears (of joy), laughter, and love!