Maria was embarrassed by the way Rafael looked at her while saying that, so she looked away awkwardly and cleared her throat.
For some reason, she just did not feel any type of connection with this man, so she was hoping that their time together today would change that.
"Shall we?" she asked.
He offered her his arm and they began the walk to the ballroom.
"I could barely sleep last night knowing that I would get to wake up and steal you away for the morning".
Maria looked up at him and politely smiled, trying to appear more sincere than she felt.
The walk across the different halls to the ballroom felt as if it was an eternity and she did not know how she would be able to get through an entire morning of dancing and food.
She hoped that he would calm down the flirting as the morning went on and they spent more time together because she really did want to make an effort to get to know him, and the endless compliments and sweet-talking were not her style.
