"Claire, I am warning you once again. I hope you can enjoy a good time with Leena in the city. Otherwise, be sure that I will send you back home. Besides, Leena's family is a lot more well-known than you think. She just doesn't want to be thought of as one of those rich girls from powerful families. She chose to keep a low profile and endure your insults again and again. I am supposed to respect her wishes and so I didn't intervene. But now that you have decided to stay here, you'll discover many more secrets about her. By then, I'm sure you'll regret everything you have done to Leena," Kevin said sternly.
Kevin had kept the knowledge of Leena's wealthy family from Claire since Leena wished to keep the secret to herself and he had to respect her wish. Rich as she was, Leena was also independent and open-minded, and she knew what was right for herself. So Kevin had decided not to make any decisions on her behalf.
"What secrets? Are you talking about me?" Leena asked loudly, suddenly arriving at the scene. She walked downstairs. She had heard part of Kevin's conversation with Claire, and couldn't help but be curious about what they were discussing.
"It's your guess," Kevin answered, smiling. He looked over Leena up and down. Apparently, his wife had finally decided to be herself again, instead of pretending to be someone else in front of his family. She must have been tired of being discreet and mature. Today, she looked like the lovely princess she actually was.
"What? Are you actually Leena? Or just some fucking imposter?" Claire shouted in disbelief. She was shocked to see Leena in the fashionable clothes. How could this woman, as beautiful as a supermodel, be the same girl she had come to know in Capital City, whom Claire considered to be ordinary, old-fashioned, and even ugly?
"What are you talking about? Did I miss something? Kevin, is there something wrong with me?" Leena asked, ill at ease. She was wearing a pair of most fashionable dark blue pencil pants, and a low-cut lacy shirt covered by an expensive fur coat. The outfit made her look cute and alluring at the same time.
"No, you're all right. Claire's just being silly. Ha!" Kevin burst into laughter. He couldn't blame Claire for sounding so shocked and rude when she saw Leena come down the stairs. This was Leena's true side. She had behaved differently in a thousand ways at Capital City. Leena chose to hide her charm and beauty to please Kevin's parents, pretending to be old-fashioned and mature instead. Kevin had persuaded her to be herself, regardless of his parents' likes and dislikes. But Leena had her own way in the end, claiming that she couldn't be her childish self in front of her husband's family.
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