The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 212

After sleeping with Adam, Celine was left completely baffled by his cold and distant attitude toward her. She couldn’t make sense of what he was thinking, no matter how hard she tried.

All she could do was turn to her best friend for advice.

Robin’s reply came quickly, “It means your friend couldn’t keep her husband interested in bed. He slept with her once and already got bored.”

Is that it? Is that really what happened?

Real, lasting relationships required compatibility in all areas, and intimacy was among the most important

She couldn’t help but think about Adam. A man like him was bound to have high standards, even in the bedroom. He would need someone who could excite and satisfy him.

Had she failed to meet his expectations? Had Adam slept with her once and already grown tired of her?

Robin’s next message popped up, “Celine, this friend you’re talking about… It’s not actually you, is it? Is there something going on between you and Mr. Alvarez?”

Celine froze, unsure of how to reply. She decided it was better to steer clear of the tople, so she quickly denied it.

“It’s not me.‘

She set her phone aside, her mind a tangled mess of emotions, and eventually drifted off to sleep.

When she opened her eyes the next morning, it was early. She got out of bed and began her usual routine.

a sudden and startling realization

completely losing himself in the heat of the moment.

by the events that she’d forgotten to take the birth control pill

with Adam, having a child was utterly out of the question. There was no way he’d want her to get

now, Sp

control pill now, so

can I help you with, young lady?” the pharmacy

on a box of 48–hour emergency birth

brand, but one of its ingredients triggered an allergic reaction for her. But there wasn’t any time to waste, and

that one,” she said, pointing to the

pill and

her, “Celine, I’ve been looking all over

was ashen, her complexion ghostly pale. The birth control pill she had taken had triggered her allergy, and now her stomach was

and she noticed the fine sheen of sweat coating Celine’s forehead. “Celine, are y you Before Celine could respond, her vision blurred, and darkness consumed her. She collapsed to the ground. “Celine! Celine!”

okay? Don’t scare m

me like this!”

her words coming out in a frantic

the blood test results. “She appears to have had an allergic

To what

just took a birth control pill,” the

What?

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