The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel

He sat down himself to the lounge next to her, as he saw his parents go to their room to presumably pack to leave as well, though his mother was ushering his father as if to give them time alone. “I understand you’re not the same person, that I am not the same person either….

He was, he knew, pushing his own agenda right this minute but, he had to really start showing her he meant what he said as well. She was frowning at him, and he knew why he was trying to insinuate himself in their lives. But he’d laid out what he wanted, so there was no…

“To sleep in the room with the boys,” she’d stated. “Why, I will sleep on the couch, there is no need for you to get up out of this bed. You can’t walk on that ankle yet, so just stay here,” he told her. “No, I was never allowed to sleep here, so I won’t…

Her eyes flickered as she heard the door to the bedroom open, and she watched from beneath her lashes, as Calvin walked across his bedroom, he was yawning, clearly had just woken up, and he ran a hand through his hair to push it back. He was headed for his walk-in, and he came out…

“I know that, Marilyn, it’s one of the reasons I fell in love with you, that you loved me and didn’t care about my money,” Calvin told her. “So why would you think I needed a grand gesture, and not just one kiss? That would have told me how you felt, because it was the…

“It’s a long walk down those stairs.” The doorman stated “Wil does it sometimes takes him about 10 minutes, but the man is fit. Who are you waiting for?” “Marilyn Riddley.” He sighed, “It took her an hour last time she did this.” “Marilyn Riddley- stopped and sat or something on the way down. It…

He sighed at her words and she ignored it, just returned her gaze out the window. Neither of them spoke for the rest of the drive to his apartment, and she got out of the car and winced as she put weight on her ankle and looked down at it. It was already swollen and…

She hid it from everyone or maybe that was why he always saw her sitting where possible. That would help her to stop people seeing her pain. She’d clearly overworked it on all those stairs and when his eyes moved to it as she shut the door, he could see it was swollen as if…

“Can we please talk like civilised people?” Calvin muttered as he reached out to grab her arm. She turned and walked away from him. “I think you’ve about done enough, don’t you? You shouldn’t drink so much,” she stated and banged into the stairwell. Marilyn Calvin followed her right into that stairwell a few seconds…

She shook her head but said nothing, she should have expected it. “I also hear.” Wil went on “That you told him you recalled receiving the divorce papers and the moment between you two at the airport.” “I did.” She nodded. “I, however, still don’t know what made him actually ask for the divorce. Did…