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?

removed her hand and stood up. Furious, Carly grabbed a pillow and threw it at his handsome face. “Adam, are you even a

him, even going so far as to

face onto the carpet. He glanced at

that, he strode

and she was left

stood by the floor–to–ceiling window, his tall figurecasting

“Mr. Alvarez, Ms. Tate

“Did the antidote for Lux Garden get delivered?”

replied, “I sent an assistant to deliver it, but he reported that when he arrived, the

frowning. His lips pressed into a thin

to her was there to deliver the antidote on

“Mr. Alvarez,

up? She had been under the influence of such a strong

deepened. “Was it a man or a

hesitated. “I’m not

cut him off. “Forget it.

H

man or a woman? He didn’t care about Celine. They were going