In a world where love is a delicate dance, you'd think finding the perfect partner would be a simple task. Think again.
Meet our protagonist, Bertrand, a software engineer by day and a hopeless romantic by night. He's got the looks of a French philosopher and the charm of a charmingly awkward French philosopher.
Enter our heroine, Colette, a free-spirited artist with a heart of gold and a penchant for bad jokes. She's got the beauty of a sunrise over the French Riviera and the wit of a... well, not exactly a wit.
It started with a shared love of 80s synth pop and a heated debate over the merits of 'Top Gun' versus 'Dirty Dancing.' Sounds trivial, but trust us, it's a gateway to the soul.
As they sipped coffee and discussed the finer points of Jean-Luc Godard, they discovered an unlikely kinship. Bertrand's love of existentialism and Colette's passion for... well, everything else, created a beautiful symmetry.
The rest, as they say, is history. Or, at the very least, a series of awkward dates, a few bad haircuts, and a deepening appreciation for the beauty of a well-crafted algorithm.
But little did Bertrand and Colette know, their love was not without its challenges. His family, it turns out, had other plans.
Enter Bertrand's aunt, the formidable Agathe.
"You'll never be worthy of her love, you clumsy oaf," she'd say with a stern expression, "You'll never be the one she needs to make her heart skip a beat."
But love, as it often does, defies reason.
Chapter 1.6: The Agathe Conundrum