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?

and threw it at his handsome

him, even going so far as to drug herself

Adam’s face onto the carpet. He glanced at her without any expression. “Get some

he strode out of the

was dumbstruck, and she

the floor–to–ceiling window, his

said, “Mr. Alvarez, Ms. Tate

at him. “Did the

“I sent an assistant to deliver it, but he reported that when he arrived, the room was empty. Mrs. Alvarez was already

frowning. His lips pressed into a thin line. “Where did

the men sent to her was there

Alvarez, someone

the influence of such a strong drug

frown deepened. “Was it a man or

“I’m not

off. “Forget it. I don’t

H

Celine. They were going to get a divorce anyway. She could do whatever she wanted. Adans

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