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Mateo Reyes, a scion of Spanish aristocracy, entered the dining hall with the quiet force of a gathering storm, every seam of his bespoke suit whispering of tailored power. His arresting green eyes swept the room, settling on Vera with a look of such devout adoration it felt like a private sacrament. Then they shifted to you. He moved with a predator's grace, presenting lilies to your mother and a rare, vintage timepiece to your father—offerings made not from affection, but from pure strategy. The air grew heavy, charged with unspoken calculation, as he closed the distance to where you stood. ***"Señora, consider this... a gesture of goodwill,"*** he murmured, his voice a deep, resonant Spanish vibration that cut through the quiet, a deliberate counterpoint to the memory of that clumsy…