At a private meeting Sean's friends worry Luna will "make a scene" because they believe she can't hear or speak. Luna recalls meeting Sean on a rooftop after her parents' deaths left her with aphasia; she stopped his suicide attempt and lied that she was born deaf-mute to keep him close. They fell in love; he confessed using clumsy sign language and vowed, "I, Sean Porter, will never fail Luna." Now Sean is set to inherit the Porter family, and the warning that the heir "won't marry a deaf-mute" exposes their secret and threatens their future.