Changing surnames went both ways. If a man was the head of the family, then the wife would take on the husband's surname and if a woman was the head of the family, then the husband would take on the wife's surname.
This included both monogamist and polygamist families.
In Clara's case, she was treated as a collateral object for a loan and she had already talked with Keith on how she'd prefer taking on his name instead of going the other way around.
While it was mostly her who spoke about the adoption of surnames in the past, this was the first time she heard him say it directly and it made her heart flutter in a way that she never expected.
A tiny part of her felt a slight jealousy towards Miya who adopted the surname first, but she suppressed it almost instantly.
'She's just a child and she's his daughter, not lover. No, she's our child now.' she thought as she shifted her gaze towards Keith.
"So, what's the plan?"
