Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 57

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Wil

He let Marilyn state how she felt without interruption on his part, because he actually needed to know what she thought of the situation she now found herself in. So, that he could try and approach everything that needed to be done in the right way, not only for Calvin but for Marilyn, and both their sons as well.

Everyone was going to have to be taken into account, especially seeing as the twins would come into the knowledge that it was their own father that had attacked their mother, and put her in the hospital. Though that was a problem for later on down the track, when he could get to meet them himself, and hopefully they

understood who Calvin was to them; their dad.

It was also something Calvin himself wasn’t going to like having to deal with, or talk his way out of. He could apologize all he liked to both the boys and to Marilyn, but those two boys had seen the state of their mother in the ICU, had been worried and upset about her condition, and they knew what the after–effects of it were as

well. They had to watch her manage it on a daily basis and knew exactly what she was going through, likely

right down to all her medical appointments and restrictions. Because they saw it all with their own two eyes

every day.

What Wil heard her state, that was pretty much exactly what he was expecting from her, where Calvin was

concemed. She’d not once seen the side of Calvin, that Marrin had gotten during their three years of

marriage, none of the man that was in love with Marrin, just the Marrin–obsessed, twisted version of him.

“I can see where you are coming from, after all that has happened, but there are, as we now know,

extenuating circumstances for Calvin. Firstly, Marilyn, I was the one to handle your marriage contract and your divorce as well. I did not include the details of either of them in that package. I sent just the cover pages with everyone’s names on them. Because I believe it would be best to hear it from me personally. I was your

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friend and lawyer when you were Marrin,” he explained to her, and they had gotten along all the time, or until

the day the divorce papers had been served.

“I don’t recall that,” she stated simply.

“I’m aware of that. I also know you don’t recall my wife, who you had lunch and coffee with all the time, you gave her one of your own books at our engagement party,” he shook his head. “Stated you knew Marilyn Riddley, went to college with her. My wife, Anabell, had that book signed a second time by you in New York at your first ever book signing. I sent her there on a trip, you’re her favourite author.”

Marilyn looked at him and frowned for a moment and then nodded. “Ah, the engaged couple, who are now happily married.”

“That be the one, so again proof that I knew you prior to you changing your name. It’s good to see you in the flesh and know you’re okay. I, unlike Calvin, never believed you had just vanished, and that call you made to him was to tell him you weren’t on the plane, that you wouldn’t want to see him suffer that kind of guilt or grief. It’s not who you are.”

“Again, I don’t actually recall why I made the phone call, don’t recall making it, but I’ve heard the recording.” She nodded.

He nodded as well, “Your marriage to Calvin; let’s discuss that before anything else… it wasn’t what you would call traditional, there was no dating him or even an engagement. It was in fact just a contract marriage

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to make him seem like a family man… You agreed to marry Calvin Reeves for an undetermined amount of time, and be on his arm, as his loving, beautiful and Intelligent wife, and in return you got all the things that his wife would get. A beautiful house, a nice car and working hours that suited you, you had the option to work at the office or from home”

He pulled out their marriage contract and slid it across the table, for both her and her lawyer to read over. I’m certain that you, Liam would have seen or dealt with contractual marriages before,” he stated.

“Not my department, but my wife would have, I suppose. He nodded.

He let them read through it and waited, “As you can see, there are some very specific clauses in there about the marriage “Wil stated and nearly smiled to himself. There was actually a clause in it about it being a real marriage and that they’d share a marital bed and have s*x, that both of them had the right to say no, if they weren’t in the mood and the other would respect it.

There was that no kissing on the mouth rule, no making a scene in public, that Marrin was considered to be

Calvin’s next of kin and he hers, and she could put that on all medical forms or things that required her to do

so, and he would do the same. That she would have an unlimited credit card for purchases that she wanted

to make. The house was there with a stipulation that it had an ocean view, and staff to maintain it, that she

would get a car and have the freedom to work as she so chose, that Calvin would not hinder her job as a

Her or Marrin’s signature was right there along with Calvin’s and his own as the witness. He slid their marriage certificate across the table to show there had been a three–week gap between the signing of the contract and the marriage date. To show her that she’d not backed out and had gone ahead with it willingly.

“You went into the marriage not only willingly, but with your eyes open, all the facts laid out prior to going to

the courthouse and getting married. There was no big fancy wedding. You didn’t actually want one because it wasn’t a real marriage, and Calvin saw no need for there to be one either,” he told her. “Again, a mutual

“It doesn’t,” Wil agreed. “I probably can’t prove that beyond a doubt. Maybe I could have under better circumstances if there was no incident between Marilyn and Calvin.” He nodded. “So I’m not even going to try. but I know it wasn’t like that. Calvin and Marrin got along famously, and actually liked each other as people,

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which is what helped the public see them as perfect together, had dubbed them Houston’s Dream Couple. They worked in co–existing Industries and their skills complemented each other.”

“We didn’t live together,” Marilyn asked, sounded a bit curious to him.

“No, that and the no–kissing rule. They were about keeping both of your feelings for each other platonic and neither of you getting confused about it being an actual real marriage. Protecting each other’s hearts and

emotions…

“Though that didn’t work in the end, about two years into the contract marriage, you Marilyn, told Calvin in a half–addled sleep state when he was sleeping over, in your marital bed, from my understanding of it. That you loved him, and well… that kind of changed things, and he started to see you in a different light, and then his walls came down around you, and he fell in love with you as well. He told me the day he knew he loved you, actually.

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“I don’t believe that, we got divorced,” Marilyn stated flatly and raised an eyebrow at him.

“Mm, you did, because your contract marriage had very specific clauses, so a divorce was necessary to get rid of all of them. Then a new proper marriage was to be had, between the two of you, one born of love, where you nor Calvin had to hide your feelings for each other. Could have a family and be truly happy. A real marriage.”

“That is what you say.” Liam murmured.

Wil looked at Liam, and the man was still looking at the contract, had it right in front of himself. Marilyn was done looking at it. “Liam, you may take that and show it to your wife if you like. I just need a signed confidentiality agreement from you to say neither of you will bring it up, first. Get her opinion on how one would get out of a contract marriage like that, in order to have a real marriage.”

Though he didn’t think the man was going to do that, it was possible that he understood that this was how it was done. “Or you could call her and just ask the most logical way to do that if you like.”

He watched Liam do just that, call his wife and ask the question. He’d had to read out a few of the clauses in it and then, after just a few minutes, he’d huffed a little as his eyes had met Wils, as he disconnected the call. Wil just nodded and smiled at him when Liam said nothing at all. But he slid that non–disclosure agreement over to him and Liam signed it, seeing as he’d just discussed it with his wife.

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