Filed To Story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
She smiled sweetly at him, not that she was going to ask for that, didn’t need it.
His frown deepened considerably, and his eyes moved to Wil.
“You knew about this?”
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“Of course I did and, of course, Calvin, I would recommend Anabell. She was Marilyn’s friend once and wants what is best for her and the boys.”
“Unless you want to get into that right now, Mr Reeves, I suggest you just focus on spending time with the twins today,”
Marilyn told him. She didn’t really want to get into it with him at this point.
“Please, Marilyn. Call me Calvin.”
He sighed at her.
“Why would I do that? I don’t know you from a bar of soap.”
She shrugged and saw him hold in another sigh. She wasn’t going to make it easy on him at all. This was part of her plan, though deep down inside, she was happy to see just how happy he was about meeting the twins. That he wanted to be a part of their lives.
She didn’t yet recall how that divorce had come about or if she knew about being pregnant when she’d left either, though that memory of them saying goodbye, at the airport. There were no thoughts about her leaving and taking his child with her. There was no guilt about doing that to him. No thoughts of wanting to hurt him by not telling him she was pregnant.
So, she didn’t think that she’d known about the twins at the time. She didn’t think that she was the type of person to do that to him. Regardless of how they’d ended up divorced, she probably would have told him she was pregnant in an effort to keep him by her side, seeing as she did know she’d loved him. So again, she didn’t think she’d known she was pregnant when leaving him that day.
He, however, seemed to like having children, and she even smiled at one point when he got up to try and wrangle the two of them, as they started to run about the room and not just around the table. It reminded her of Calvin playing with Bligh and Brighton, who’d been four and two when they’d gone their separate ways.
He’d liked having a niece and nephew even back then. He’d always smiled at them, riled them up and tormented them. Sometimes against his sister Veronica’s wishes. She’d even seen him put Brighton to sleep once, and tuck him into his bed. She’d always thought he’d make for a good dad one day.
She recalled being there for Brighton’s birth and seeing Calvin hold him the day after he was born, without issue. He’d tried to make her hold him as well, to which she’d shaken her head ‘no’. She’d never held a baby before. Both Veronica and his mother, Kay, had encouraged her in the end, and he’d just smiled at her once she’d been convinced to hold the baby, and stated
“See, it’s not that hard.”
Though, for her at the time, she’d known it was more about that she didn’t want to get attached to anyone in his family. They’d only been in that contract for a year at the time, and she wasn’t trying to form attachments to anyone. It wasn’t part of their deal.
“It’s nice to see, isn’t it!”
Wil interrupted her thoughts.
“How good he is with your children… Do you recall that?
“Wil asked quietly.
She looked at him and nodded.
“It is, and yes I do,”
she stated honestly.
“I’d like to ask you some questions/ Marilyn… But….”
his eyes moved to where Calvin was playfully hunting the twins around an empty table away from the other guests in here.
“Perhaps it’s ht not to do so here with him in the room.”
“I’d prefer not.”
She stated simply,
“just leave it well enough alone Wil. That is all I want from you, from this moment onwards, for you to stay out of whatever happens. I will deal with him, my way now,”
she murmured. Wil raised an eyebrow at her.
“And for just how long will that be?”
he asked right back after a moment.
“As long as what I deem is necessary,”
she stated as Calvin walked over to the table, trailing the twins. They were thirsty by the look of it, picked up their milkshakes to drink thern as Calvin sat himself down.
“As long as what is necessary?”
Calvin asked, looking from her to Wil questioningly.
“Full formalities being attended to from me to you,”
she stated simply.
“That is something that will continue between you and I Mr Reeves, for the foreseeable future I think.”
She told him as she looked right at him. It was also her plan for the moment to keep him from picking up that she had in fact regained most of her memories.
That she would only tell him when she was good and ready and for the plan she had in mind for Calvin, he needed to not only think but believe she had no memories, regardless of what she had been informed of by Wil about her life as Marrin. In fact, using that knowledge was also going to come into play.
Calvin
He focused on the twins. Marilyn was still not interested in interacting with him and once the ice was broken with the boys, they were quite animated and very energetic. They ran around that table and then were up and running about the room. He got up to play with them and also tried to contain them to the part of the room that they were in where there was not many sitting around, but he’d noted they’d gotten several annoyed looks from those in here.
He’d verbally apologised to them, and managed to get them back to the table. Marilyn was of no help, obviously used to their behaviour, or he could supposed watching to see what he would do about it. Though she appeared to be more than comfortable over there just chatting to Wil. He’d made no progress with her at all, but Wil seemed to have managed to connect with her and build trust.
All he could do was show her his family side while they were all in the room together. He’d always enjoyed being an uncle. Still tormented his nephew quite a bit. He didn’t think that he would be any different with his own children. He wasn’t trying to be, was in fact just being himself as he played and contained his own boys.
He did manage to wrangle them and get them back to the table. They’d polished off their milkshakes and were sitting eating from the loaded trays. Were he though currently settled for the time being, chatting away. Marilyn then informed him that things would be staying formal between them for as long as she deemed fit, and he sighed internally, that could be for the rest of her life for all he knew.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.
I was enjoying the story but am now frustrated with the childish behaviour of Marilyn. I will not finish this story. that is a shame as I was enjoying it.
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