บท 75: Smiling So Much

"I promised Jean to take leave and visit him in Paris mid-January," Finland said to him, "I wanted to tell Jean about our wedding when I meet him in person, but you want us to get married on December 31st... it's earlier than what I imagined. Can I tell Jean this good news by phone?"

Caspar looked at Finland for a long time and then shook his head, "I'm sorry, Finland, but you can't. If you tell Jean, we will have to invite him... And I can't invite an ordinary man to a clan event."

Finland fell silent. She bit her lip and nodded, signing that she understood.

"You're right... I won't have the heart to tell Jean and not invite him to the wedding." Finland sighed. "Then how do I 'disappear' from his life? What do you usually do?"