Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 29

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Calvin

He was having it all pulled down from the internet as quickly as he could. By the time he’d driven just halfway to his apartment, his phone had been ringing and Wil had lit up the screen in his car to indicate who was calling. He’d hit the answer button on the steering wheel.

“Didn’t I tell you it wasn’t her,” had been ropped out at him furiously. “Do you know what I’m looking at right now?” It was, he thought, a rhetorical question, because Calvin was driving, so no he had no idea what that man was looking at, it could be almost anything at all.

“No.” had been his answer.

“You out there on the freaking street in public, casing a scene by assaulting Marilyn Riddley and her agent, from the publishing house. It’s all over the bloody internet, several people caught it on their phones, three different angles of it, and now all footage of it is posted for all to see.” Will had grated out at him. “You, yanking Marilyn about by her hair! That’s going to bloody help you. I told you it wasn’t her, to bloody stay away from her.” Wil yelled at him.

“It is bloody Marrin.” He yelled right back.

“It’s not.” Wil grated out.

“It bloody is, I have proof. I went and got a book signed by her. It’s Marrin’s handwriting.”

“I highly doubt that. It’s been a long time since you’ve seen her handwriting. Don’t you think you could possibly be wrong?”

“No,” Calvin snapped, “I’m not f*****g wrong, it’s her I tell you.”

“Get your ass to the office, the police are going to be looking for you. That agent, she followed through on her threat to you.” Wil had snapped “called the police, it was caught by another passerby that was filming it. They will be coming to question you after those two make their statements, a few hours tops and the police will be looking for you.” and then the line was cut.

Calvin punched his steering wheel and turned the car around to head for his office, because that was where he actually needed to be. Not only was his lawyer there, so was his tech department, and he needed them

right now.

It had been all of 20 minutes, and already it was all over the internet. That woman was quick to post things. he thought, as he’d stalked into his building and gone right to his office to see it for himself. Only to see that it wasn’t the agent that had posted it either, one person on the street had captured it right from when he’d stepped up to Marrin. While another had been filming him

secretly right from when he’d been waiting by his car for her to come out of the bookstore, watched him while he was watching her from the street, and that person had actually had the hide to follow him, filmed him stepping up to her.

Got it all right from the very beginning all the way until he’d walked away.

It could only have been someone who knew he’d been in the book store and not left, someone out to make a buck off him, likely sold that footage to every damned tabloid and paper in town. They have to know

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someone in the Industry or be in the industry themselves, he realised. They could well have been a reporter or paparatzie, just walling to see the fall–out and, boy hadn’t they got it

showed everything, his menace and her trying to walk away, yelling at him to get away from her and him pulling and shoving her about, him knocking her agent over and yes, grabbing Marrin by the hair. Nothing was missed, not even him walking away or the tears Marrin had shed, and dashed away

He called his tech department and got them right on it, bringing everything down, deleting all the videos and

shutting those threads that made mention of it and within two hours it was gone, and he’d leaned back into

his chair and muttered “finally”

Only to have, an hour later, two police officers come into his office, preceded by Wil. That man had been waiting for them to arrive.

Telling them he didn’t know what they were talking about, had not gotten him a good response and Wil had glared right at him for his blatant lie. He’d already sent him a text “Be remorseful. It had stated, letting him know what he wanted from Calvin to try and help him out of this mess.

to get out there. Miss Stevens sent us a copy, and I believe her lawyers have it now, as does her publishing house.” he’d smiled right at Calvin “That woman, it seems, is a bit like a lawyer.”

“Oh, is that so…. So when seeing your wife alive and well for the first time in eight years, your first thought was to assault her, was it? Instead of being relieved she was alive… That must be nice for her, considering how loving a couple you

two always appeared to be,” one of the officers stated.

“Maybe it was all a lie.” The other officer nodded. “And she ran away from him, and he’s mad about it so.” he shrugged “That’s why he assaulted her on the spot.”

“I’ve never laid a f*****g hand on Marrin.” He grated out, furious with what they were implying.

“Hmm, that video begs to differ” The officer stated, “Willingly or not, you’re under arrest until we can sort this

He watched as handcuffs were produced and again Wil was glaring at him, snapped “Calvin.” In a warning tone. Then he turned to the officers, “He’ll go willingly, I’ll go with him, there will be no need for handcuffs.” Then he looked right at him once more. “Move It Calvin, and as your lawyer. I advise you to go willingly right this minute. There is already press outside. Do you

want them taking your picture in handcuffs?”

His anger notched up, and he yanked his jacket from the back of his chair and pulled it on. “I’m not getting in a police car, you can give me the common curtesy of taking myself to the police station to answer your questions. Yes.”

“I don’t know, you’re a billionaire with your own personal jet, a flight risk.” One stated with a bit of a smirk. “Yeah, one with connections to the chief of police, Hank Braidy, and the mayor, three or four congressmen, you want to keep your job!” he snapped. “I’ll go in my car. Wil will drive it, and you can trail me if you like.” he directed to the officers ‘I’ll willingly come in for questioning. You didn’t need to come here, you could simply have called and requested I come in, to answer some questions.” He grated out and stalked from his office. *f*****g flight risk, like I’d leave the country over pulling someone’s hair.” He spat out, it’s a misdemeanour at

best.

He heard Wil apologise to the two officers about his attitude, and told them he was a little bit sensitive at the moment, having been flooded with memories of his late wife, after seeing a woman that looks just like her. The officers said nothing as they trailed him to the elevator and downstairs.

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