The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 15

Adam’s mind flashed back to Celine’s delicate lace. He had just kissed her earlier. Her lips were soft and carried a subtle fragrance that lingered.

As Carly leaned in to kiss him, Adam tamed his head to avoid her.

Carly missed his lips and pouted. “Why’d you dodge?”

Adam couldn’t explain himself. Carly was someone he liked, and it was perfectly normal for a man and woman who liked each other to kiss.

Meanwhile, he didn’t like Celine.

Yet the memory of dissing Celine lingered. That tingling sensation still coursed through him. As a man with a cleanliness obsession, he couldn’t bring himself to seamlessly transition from one woman to another.

It made him feel physically uncomfortable unclean, even

At that monent, a knock came at the door. Leo’s voice sounded from outside, “Mr. Alvarez, the antidote is here.”

Antidote

Carly roze. She had drugged herself with an aphrodisiac, and he had someone gotten an antidote?

Carly grabbed a pillow and threw it at his

so far as to drug

He glanced at her without any expression.

strode out of the

and she was left

went to the study and stood by the

“Mr. Alvarez, Ms. Tate has taken the antidote

to look at him. “Did the antidote for Lux Garden get delivered?”

an assistant to deliver it, but he reported that when he arrived, the room was empty.

turned slightly, frowning. His lips pressed into a

to her was there to deliver the antidote on

Alvarez, someone

of such a strong

frown deepened. “Was it a man or a woman who

hesitated. “I’m not

cut him off. “Forget it. I don’t

H

a man or a woman? He didn’t care about Celine. They were going to get a divorce anyway. She could