"President Ingram seems really smitten with his fiancée."
"Yeah, smitten."
"She looks like quite the live wire..."
"Quirky, a real firecracker."
"Hard to believe President Ingram would go for someone like that..."
Sebastian raised an eyebrow and said, "Nobody saw it coming when Mr. Wilson fell for your wife either..."
Phinies' wife, Leona, was mute. Plain-looking, too. And from a very average background.
When Phinies insisted on marrying Leona, the entire Wilson clan was against it. But Phinies stood his ground, took on his whole family... and in the end, he brought her home.
But Mrs. Wilson, she's not one for the spotlight. Phinies has kept her well protected... her current state remains a mystery to most.
Watching Stephanie play tennis, laughing heartily on the court, a pang of envy shimmered in Phinies' eyes: "Leona used to be just as spirited..."
"Huh?"
"It's because of me... that she became mute."
Sebastian, puzzled, asked, "Something happened?"
"Yeah, during her teenage years... she faced some serious bullying at school. That was when I was abroad as an exchange student... She went through a lot."
"Did you meet in school?"
Phinies offered a wistful smile: "She was my deskmate. Back then, she was just like your little spitfire, full of sass... She changed after what happened."
Sebastian nodded with understanding: "We should have dinner sometime, let them meet."
Phinies shook his head: "No... Leona's really shy around strangers."
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