Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 26

She

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Calvin

He got out of his car and walked down along the line up of both men and women waiting to get their books autographed. It was quite long, he noticed. This woman had quite a fan following, it seemed. He could hear among the indistinct chatter, Marrin’s name being said by many.

Then some of those waiting here recognised him for who he was, and his own name was stated, and many eyes were turning towards him as he stalked his way down the line. He heard the words “Hey, is that Calvin Reeves in the flesh?”

He picked up a copy of the current book she was signing as he walked into the store. There was a stack of them there near the cashier, and he figured it was so the fans could come in, buy the book and then go line up. There was also he noted individual copies of all the books in the series and a full box set sitting on the table she herself was sitting at.

He, however, was not going to be waiting in that line for hours to get a look at this woman. He didn’t even want the book, just wanted to stand before this woman and have her look at him, to see for himself if she was or wasn’t Marrin. Regardless of what Wil had stated, she looked too much like Marrin for him to just ignore it. For all he knew, it was her, and she was back here in Houston just to smirk at him and say ‘I got the

better of you.

If it was her and that was her intent, he was going to wipe that smirk right off her face. He walked across the store to the head of the line and looked at the woman third in line to have her book signed. “May I cut in?” he asked politely, smiling at her.

She nodded slowly and stuttered “Y… Yes.” Recognising who he was, and from all the chatter going on, he was certain she understood why he was here. No one yelled angrily about it, they all knew who he was in this city, and they all knew this woman looked like Marrin.

He stood there waiting just watching this author go about her thing. It was his intent to stand and watch her before stepping over there. She smiled at the woman before her, asked her name and thanked her for coming. and the next in line was waved over to the table.

This woman smiled just like Marrin did. This was the best lookalike he’d ever seen to date, and a part of him didn’t think she was a lookalike, when he heard her chuckle softly, and she sounded just like Marrin as well. His turn came, and he stepped right up to the table, but he could hear the people around him whispering ‘Oh my God, does he really think she’s Marrin?‘

‘Is he here to see for himself?‘ And he could hear them snapping photos of him, standing right there with the woman in front of him. They all also likely knew what he did to women that posed themselves as Marrin, though this woman had not done that to his knowledge. Was here as Marilyn Riddley, not stating she was Marrin Reeves. Not even Marrin Huxley.

He stepped right to the table, and he could smell her perfume, Pure Luxury. Her eyes he’d caught were blue, and she took a sip of water before greeting him. It was all too convenient for his liking, even the tilt of her head to drink from that bottle was Marrin: This woman was Marrin. He freaking knew it. That woman was back here as someone else to shove her existence in his face.

He snapped that book on the table with a loud c***k in an effort to get her to look up at him and confirm she

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was Marrin. She, however, other than flinching, didn’t look at him. Her eyes moved to the crowd behind him as the chatter Increased.

He wanted her to look at him for that moment of recognition to hit her. She, however, just stated “Name to his demand.

He gave it using the name he called her by for those three years, Rin, not Marrin, then spelled it for her to make sure she understood what he was doing. He didn’t move off when it was signed and slid back to him, stood there and waited, knowing his presence towering over her would eventually make the woman look right up at him, and he wasn’t leaving until she did.

Her light blue eyes finally moved to look at him, and there was no recognition in them at all, as she stared right back at him. He was trying to invoke a reaction from her. She, however, sat staring unknowingly up at

He wasn’t ready to leave and those behind him could bloody wait. They all knew why he was here, and they were all getting to see it first hand. He leaned all the way down on the desk and got a really good look at her, the shape of her face, the curve of her mouth, her eyes, everything about her; it was the same.

This woman’s hair was out, only held back from her face on the right side, with a simple clip. And she had long pieces that framed her face to her chin. Marrin never had those, it however, suited the woman before him and made her look softer.

Finally, he stood up and left the book/store. She wasn’t going to give herself away, just like at the airport, she could keep up the charade when face to face with him. He tossed a hundred dollar bill at the lady at the register and stated “That should cover it.” Yet again, she was making him shell out money for her.

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