The Divorce: Happy Birthday to Me
"Liam… He's allergic to eggs, and he can't eat cake. He's such a people-pleaser that he'd feel bad turning down your kind gesture and would eat it anyway."
"What? Liam's allergic to eggs? Quick, hide the cake before he sees it! I should've asked beforehand. If he spots it, he might think we don't value him. That's the last thing we want."
Ana hurriedly whisked the giant cake away.
I had only told Keira why I refused to eat cake. Beatrice, however, found out through a drunken rant Keira went on after one of our fights.
"He hates cake because his parents got divorced on his birthday. He'd bought a delicious cake that day. I was just trying to help him get past it, so I bought him another one.