Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 136

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Marilyn

A few days passed and Calvin had barely left the estate. Wil and Anabell had visited the day after Boxing Day,

sonagram and smiled at it. They’d sat on the clifftop bench seat and chatted where no one could hear them. The boys were all down in the house.

and she’d walked and talked with Anabell, gotten to see the

Anabell had told her that she and Wil were having a New Year’s Eve party at their apartment, and invited her to come along. She thought about it. She’d not really done anything for New Year’s since having the twins. They were already asleep when the clock struck midnight. She generally just sat at home and had a glass of wine if she watched the fireworks on the TV, or she worked through it, or slept through it.

It wasn’t like she lived in a big city and there was a lot going on for it. She would either take the boys into Roanoke for the 9pm fireworks display for the kids to see before falling asleep or just let them watch it on the

1. TV.

She’d thought about it for a long time and then asked the question of, “Will Calvin be there?”

“He got an invitation, but Wil stated he’s got some big New Year’s party to attend with the Mayor and some Senators.” She rolled her eyes. “Hob knobbing with the big wigs.”

“Alright.” She’d nodded. “Kay did say she’d watch the boys, would even come here to do it. I can call her and ask her if she’s still okay with that.”

She’d steadfastly refused to have much interaction with Calvin over the past few days, had told him at one

ned on that tree. point, “Just pretend I’m not here. That it’s just you and the twins.” And then she’d gone off and sat to write in her favourite place, under that big oak tree. She had smiled to herself out there, and Having looked north and south and recalled the view, she could see the boys riding their new scooters on the driveway from there, and all the way up to the cliff. She was just wearing jeans and a tee–shirt with a lightweight sweater on. The day was nice a little warmer than yesterday at 19 degrees, a hot day for winter, though it was predicted to rain in the afternoon, and it had rained yesterday as well.

Not that that bothered her, she’d simply sent the boys to the main house, and she’d spend the day working. Her attention was drawn by Calvin walking this way, across the lawn from the driveway, and she saw it; a memory flashed into her mind, him and Wil walking towards her, and she recalled this was the very place she’d been handed divorce papers. She even recalled Calvin being so very dismissive about it, taking a phone call and stating sign that and then just walking away uncaring.

He’d left her standing there with Wil, and she’d refused to sign it. Although she had seen Calvin’s signature on it,she had walked off without signing them, and had harsh words with Wil about it even before walking away.

She rubbed her temples as that memory brought with it a headache, like they always did as her two lives clashed with each other.

She saw Calvin look over her, and hold a cup out to her. “I made you coffee,” he stated as he came to a halt. “Did you, you don’t even know how I like to have my coffee.” She kind of muttered, and looked right at him as he moved his eyes over her, and then looked at her laptop and frowned.

“I asked the boys. You take it with milk and one sugar,” he stated, and her eyes moved to the boys zooming

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about on those scooters.

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She wondered just how much information those boys of hers were giving to Cavlin. She reached out and took the cup. “Thanks.” She stated and turned her eyes back to her laptop.

“Are you writing?” he asked.

“Yes.” She answered “Though I just recalled this is exactly where you had Wil give me the divorce papers. Seeing you walk across the law, triggered that.” she sighed a little to herself. “Kind of ruined this place for me,

“she muttered.

“I’m sorry about that. I didn’t know you were writing out here that day. Just presumed you were working remotely was all. You never did tell me you’d started a writing career. Didn’t tell anyone to my knowledge,” he

answered her.

“I did not.” She answered honestly, it was and is something solely for me. I write for myself no one else.” She sipped the coffee and had to admit it was good.

“Marilyn, my divorcing you. It was so we could have a real marriage. I wasn’t trying to leave you. Just…” he sighed. “Wanted things between us to change.”

“You must have gone about it the wrong way for Marrin to leave you for real then, huh?” she shrugged. “Yes, I thought I was making a grand gesture to show her I was in love with her, only…” he trailed off.

“It didn’t work out.” She nodded. “Now life has moved on for everyone.”

She looked up at him, and bit the bullet, “You know, I recall something about you bugs me a lot.”

“Who your other woman was?” she asked directly.

“What! There was no other woman. I assure you of that. I was completely faithful to Marrin, loved her by the time we got divorced, it’s why I needed the divorce so I could tell her that.” He was frowning right at her. What memories do you have?” he asked.

“The moment at the airport, but it conflicts with everything I know. Marrin really believed you had another woman, something about…” she thought about it and pushed hard at the edges of her own memories. “She asked you if that other woman knew about the divorce clauses she’d put in and was okay with it… you answered yes she was aware or something like that.”

He was staring at her now, more than shocked by her words. “The other woman was you, so yes you knew of the clauses because you put them in yourself.”

Marilyn frowned right at him now. Perhaps it was those very words that ended everything for her,” she muttered and turned her eyes back to her laptop with a slight shake of her head. “Perhaps, Mr Reeves, you should choose your words carefully with women in the future. Oh, on that note, I’ll be having Wil or Cameron vet any woman you decide to date and want around the twins in the future.”

She watched him open his mouth to say something and then re–think it, decide against it and just nod his head, “Alright, I don’t have an issue with that… What are your plans for New Years?” he asked, changing the

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