I noticed that when offering a sincere apology, I have yet to meet the recipient of the apology if I don't accept their number again.
To better explain, this is the situation in question:
- Turn down or agitate a potential partner.
- Have their number be deleted.
- Meet them through random encounter.
- Sincerely Apologise.
- Do not re-accept their number.
This results in not being able to find them by again random chance.