The Divorce Prescription

Chapter 518

Adam's voice was hoarse, and it took him a moment to steady himself.

He stared at Celine, his eyes searching hers as he asked, "Celine, was it you? Has the emerald necklace always been with you? Were you the one who saved me all those years ago?"

Alfred's voice cut through the silence. "That's right! The girl who saved you back then was Celine!"

Hailey sneered, "Mr. Alvarez, you've been terribly mistaken all this time. It was Celine who saved you. How could you confuse Carly with her?"

Robin chimed in, "Mr. Alvarez, you and Celine lost so many years. And worse, you've caused her so much pain because of Carly-and you never even noticed."

The girl from that night was never Carly.

It was Celine.

Adam's fingers tightened into a fist as the truth hit him like a cold, unforgiving wave. The girl who saved him all those years ago was Celine. He had spent all this time searching for the wrong person. All these years, he had been chasing the wrong memory.

Celine met his gaze, her voice steady and unwavering. "Yes, Adam, it was me."

Adam's tall frame stiffened.

Her

waited for you? You promised you'd take me

with a thousand unspoken emotions. Before him, Celine's face slowly merged with the image of the girl from the cave. Every promise he had

"I waited for you for so long, but you never came back. So, I

in a display case at Haffard University, and that was when I first discovered your name-Adam Alvarez. From that moment,

heard you had fallen into a coma. The Tates asked me to marry you in someone else's place,

search lasted for over ten years. She walked an endless road-a road that

had never returned for her.

had been left to fend

at last, yet he had failed to

sharp, agonizing pain pierced Adam's chest as though a knife had been driven deep into his heart, tearing him apart from

and gripped Celine's shoulders. "Celine... I'm so sorry. I

traced his face, her lips curving into a faint, bittersweet

me hated how

within him. He tightened his grip

I just... I mistofor

for you. I thought

heart shattering as