Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 84

CH 84

Marilyn

She sat with Liam and had brunch in that hotel, while Wil took Calvin out to buy a new phone and get that app they’d all agreed on installed on it. She would not put it on her phone, but knowing where he was at all times that was something she did want.

“What are you playing at Marilyn?” Liam asked her as they ate.

“I needed to see if he would get angry and attack me, if I defied him and what he wanted.” She answered. simply it’s what she’d told him she was going to do. All she’d done was do it.

“Did you really tell the boys who he was to them?”

“I did.” She nodded. “They’ve always wanted to know who their dad was, and now I know, so now they know. It’s only right, but then I needed to know he could be trusted not to hurt them. I read up on the best way to trigger anger in an abusive person.

“Those two bodyguards showed a full lack of my trust in him, and that I am not only willing to protect myself from him, but that I will be doing that as well. It also showed him that I am in control of my life, and he is not. No abuser likes losing control; therefore, it makes them angry.

“Because one is now willing to stand up to him. The threating of him with you reinstating that restraining order and adding the children to it. Defies him completely, denies him what he really wants, which he’s shown to me already by tracking the children, attaching himself to their school.

“Again, this should have triggered anger if not an outburst of yelling, or ranting and raving. And my stating that I’d leave and take the boys and move away, just vanish completely. Just like I know Marrin did to get away from him, brings it all together and should tell him I am willing to once again leave him, only this time I’ll take the twins as well.

“It should have set him off into a fit of rage or make him come completely to his senses, if he’s not abusive at all, because it would show him that his actions are only going to drive me away, and he’ll never get what he

wants.”

Liam shook his head and sighed. “It didn’t set him off into a rage though.”

“No, it did not.” She admitted. “He kind of looked mortified to me, and then he asked me not to do that.” “Asked? More like he pleaded with you.” Liam half smiled. “I probably should have brought Bridie with me, she deals with this all the time.”

“I also noticed that Wil stopped trying to contain him at one point and just let Calvin say whatever he wanted to. Either Wil thought it was a lost cause, or he saw that Calvin was actually coming to the realisation that his actions were indeed very wrong, and I was getting through to him.”

“It was all a gamble on your part then?” Liam asked now. “You have no intentions of following through?”

“In part… if he lost it today and raged or tried to come at me, I would actually get up and leave. I found a nice home in the mountains in another state, which I’ve also made an offer on,” she nodded. “Preparation is

name.” needed in case the worst happens. I also won’t be buying it in my

He frowned at her. “A closed private sale as well,” she stated. And it would be, the house would be in both her

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sons‘ names and would be theirs one day. Or she and the boys could use it as a nice holiday home or in the winters for skiing if everything worked out and Calvin wasn’t a tyrant of a man,

“Wil texted me about the USB and if you’ve watched what was on it?” Liam asked her.

That made her sigh heavily, “I did watch it, all of it. It’s not pretty, quite distressing at times.” she nodded, Calvin… he did grieve Marrin’s loss and the way it happened, him not only having organised it,,but being right there to see the plane crash.

“The man was likely filled with guilt over it and blamed himself.” She nodded. “I got to see it all, how

distressed and dishevelled he became as he desperately searched for Marrin.”

“The whole world got to see it at the time.” Liam nodded.

“Which probably didn’t help him. I wonder how many people he knew looked at him with that look of, why’d you put her on those flights? Why wasn’t she on your private jet with you?” She knew people liked to talk and gossip, speculate about things like that.

“It was brought up a few times in the news comments, it came down that he must have been away on business and meeting her in Italy,” Liam told her.

“Then those heartless women, calling for him and trying to pretend they were… me.” she shook her head, that was still a bit hard to wrap her brain around. “Only I wasn’t dead, just missing. I can kind of see how he got to be all bitter and twisted about them. In his mind he thought I was one of them, was all.” she shrugged. “He now knows that I’m not an impostor and so do I.

“So you’re what? Betting with your own safety that you, actually being Marrin and admitting that you were her, even though you have no recollection of it… is going to straighten him out.” Liam frowned at her.

“Kind of.” She nodded. “It’s why I made a point of telling him directly that I’m not Marrin, that I never loved

him, I never wanted a family with him. That I may once have been her, but am no longer her. I honestly think

he needed to hear it from me. That I acknowledge I was Marrin.”

She sighed, “I may have stated that before, but what I think Calvin really wants is, as he actually stated in our

“I don’t honestly know if it will work, to bring him some sort of peace, or some… semblance of it, but he no

that he should stay away. That is not fair on my boys… or Calvin either.” she stated “I am just… not going to

bow to Calvin’s will. There has to be consequences for his actions… And him being a part of my boys‘ lives, I

want that to happen on my terms He’ll see I’m no pushover and, well, a little punishment Marilyn style, won’t

“To make him stick to the restraining order, no contact with me or the boys until Christmas.” She sighed softly. “The boys have already asked me if they would meet him for Christmas.” She shook her head. “I let

them look him up and read his bio to them.” She admitted.

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