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?

stood up. Furious, Carly grabbed a pillow and threw it at his handsome face.

him, even going so far as to drug herself for his excitement, and yet he refused to touch

the carpet. He glanced at her without any expression. “Get

strode out of the

dumbstruck, and she was left

went to the study and stood by the floor–to–ceiling window, his

“Mr. Alvarez, Ms.

didn’t tum to look at him. “Did the antidote for Lux

it, but he reported that when he arrived, the room was empty.

pressed into a thin

sent to her was there

continued, “Mr. Alvarez, someone picked

She had been under the influence of such a strong drug Who could

man

“I’m not

cut him off. “Forget it. I don’t want

H

woman? He didn’t care about Celine. They were going to get a divorce anyway. She could do whatever she wanted. Adans dismissed Leo. You