Birthday Dinner (1)

"Of course. If the celebrant forgets her own birthday, how do you expect him to remember?" Shikera replied.

'Then am I the strange one for always remembering Natalia's birthday even when she was not with me?' Liam wondered. He recalled Chris' words about Ethan, his son who knew very well the meaning of contract, and his face fell. By chance, was Ethan joking with Shikera's feelings? He had seen the opposite of that at the ice cream parlor though, or was he the one with poor judgement?

"Kera, do you think you will still be able to annul your marriage with Ethan?" he asked.

Shikera was silent for some minutes before answering,"I have no choice but to do that. We turned out to be different after all and...I won't have any use for him if I stay so. Anyways, we both know we will have to annul the marriage when it's one year old. Or before that, with the situation of things now."