The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 214

When Adam wanted to humiliate someone, he never held back. He stripped them of every shred of dignity, cutting them down to the bone without a second thought.

Celine hadn’t asked Hailey to call him.

But even if she had, so what? He was the one who hadn’t used protection in the first place!

“I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t call you again, Mr. Alvarez. You can leave now,” Celine said, her voice brittle.

She lifted her head, forcing herself to hold back the tears stinging her eyes. She was determined not to let them fall, not in front of him.

Adam’s sharp gaze caught the redness in her eyes, and an odd, twisted satisfaction stirred in his chest. It was as though her pain fed his need for revenge. He hated her.

He hated her for not coming that night.

He had called Leo deliberately, knowing Leo would go looking for her. But she hadn’t shown up.

And now, he hated her even more for calling him when she fainted

She had called him over because of a birth control pill taken for Nathan, as if he was nothing more than some tool to be used at her convenience.

Adam’s thin lips curled into a sneer. His voice came out cold and cutting, like shards of ice. “Let’s get divorced as soon as possible. We’ll keep it from Grandma for now, but we can finalize the paperwork-

he could finish, Celine grabbed the nearest pillow and hurled it at him with all the strength she could muster. “Get out!” The pillow struck his handsome face

between them. Leaning down, he pinned her to the bed in one swift

struggled, but Adam’s grip

firmly to the sides of the bed. His tone was sharp, cutting through the air like a whip. Celine, who gave you the right to lay a hand on me? Have I been too lenient

use. Tears spilled from her eyes, fat droplets streaming down her face

Her vision blurred.

She was crying

he watched her. A moment ago, he had wanted to see her break down, but

always like

and leaving

sniffled, her reddened nose twitching slightly as she choked out, her voice cracking with emotion, “Adam, I

feelings unmistakable, she repeated the words several times, each one laced with raw

she told him just

what kind of woman she was always trying to seduce men. Even now, at this moment, she was

bobbed as his

voice coming out low and hoarse. “And why

the one in the

him like a storm “Because

once that he wanted her. But he

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all the years they had been married, he had never treated her