The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel

Calvin smiled at her now and nodded. “I’ll go and arrange everything; do you need a dress to wear? I could have some brought out here tomorrow for you to choose from.” “No,” she answered him. “I have nice clothes, Mr Reeves; I don’t need nor want your money. I can actually buy my own…

“No, that is none of your business.” She told him and walked outside to stand with the boys. “It’s a nice view.” He heard her tell the boys, and they smiled up at her. “Every room has a view, lots of windows,” Callum stated, and came back inside and looked at him. “You got snacks?”…

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…

He didn’t know how it was going to work, how to explain what he’d done and who she really was. People were going to judge not only him and his crazy behaviour once more, something they’d finally let go of. But also her if she accepted him after all he’d done. Even more so if…

They matched her eyes perfectly, he thought. Simple and not what he would call expensive at all, but he didn’t want her rejecting the gifts from her boys, even though he’d been the one to pick them out, he would have let the boys do it, if they’d been allowed to go shopping with him….

“You can’t hide the truth from me, young lady.” Kay chuckled softly. “I’ll not say anything about you remembering everything and playing at not knowing.” “Wh… What do you mean?” she’d kind of stuttered. “Now, now. I see you’re torturing my boy, and yes, he does deserve it.” she half laughed with a shake of…

“No, you can’t.” he nodded. The formal living room was two rooms away, and though they could be heard from here they couldn’t be seen. “So there will be no opening gifts then until you’re in the room with all of us. I’ll go and inform them of the good news.” He told her, “Then…

She heard him kind of huff and then take a breath in, and knew he was counting to ten, and she wondered what he was thinking. “And where will you be during those three hours?” he finally asked. After that ten seconds passed. “I can take the walk down to the beach from here. There…

“Excellent, once again Santa gave you what you wanted.” she smiled at him and hugged him as he grinned up at her. “Well, we wanted a puppy,” Vincent stated. “But this is also good.” “A puppy?” Calvin asked and looked at her. “No,” she shook her head at him. “They can’t have a puppy, unless…

She was also interacting with his mother without issue, they were chatting about that new house of hers, and sometimes the boys ran off to tell their grandma of the things they were going to get to do up at the lake. They liked having a house up there, and he wondered if she was…