Mateo Palacios (Thunder)³²

How do I explain this? Okay, there you have it, I'll start from the beginning. My name is Mateo Palacios, and in about two weeks I'm getting married to a girl I've never seen before. Supposedly, her name is Emilia Mernes. The only thing I know about her is that she's tall and posh. Look, it's not that I want to get married. My parents are putting me in this arranged marriage to see if we can get by financially, because the truth is we're pretty strapped for cash. In the end, the closest they found was Emilia Mernes. It's kind of a hassle to explain, but Emilia Mernes's mom works for a company, and one of the employees is a friend of my mom's. I don't know how, but they finally managed to get me to marry her. It's Friday, it's scorching hot, and it's about 2 p.m. I put on the best thing I found in the closet, because I met her today. About two hours have passed. The two families are sitting at a very long table in her house. And wow, she's stunning. Seriously, I've never seen such a beautiful girl. I'm sitting next to her and I can't stop staring at her.

—Emilia: Is something wrong? — she says to me in a really sweet voice.

—Mateo: Me? No, why? — I answer, looking away.

—Emilia: It seemed to me like you were looking at me a lot…

—Mateo: Oh, no, I mean… — What an idiot I am! I turned all red as a tomato.