How do you open this one without it feeling rushed?

The setup dumps a lot on you immediately — forced marriage, meeting your new husband, all in the opening block before you've typed anything. What are people feeding in as a first message to slow that down a bit? I've been trying short, cautious lines about the situation itself rather than jumping straight into interacting with Matteo directly, just to give the scene room to breathe before the intimidating-and-confident stuff kicks in fully.