Nicolae's Decision

"I feel so bad for involving you this far..." The girl whispered.

Nicolae only shook his head. "I don't think I have a choice. Besides... you can immediately annul it."

"You're right. But I'm not comfortable with you because now you are involved so deeply in my affairs. If you married me for real, you will be registered as being married twice at such a young age, and divorced twice. It wouldn't look good for you. Women would think there must be something wrong with you that you can't keep a marriage." The girl looked uneasy for bothering Nicolae in such a way.

The young man stared at Marie with a complicated look. Finally, he could only say, "I have never been married. And I did not ask you to take care of the divorce after your mother died. I asked that you take care of the annulment."

"Oh ... really? I'm sorry for making my own assumption. I thought you were married to your kids' mother and then got divorced," Marie said regretfully.