The Divorce Prescription Chapter 139
The Divorce Prescription
adam reached out and i I opened the wardrobe door, and there she was Celine was curled up in the comer of the wardrobe, her small body buddied tightly, her long, silky black hair cascading around be When the door wring open, her sleepy, deeâlike eyes still hary from post waking upânapped up to meet his, startled, like a frightened fawn caught in the ut moment, she looked so pititul, se vulnerable. She was like a sectet mistress someone might keep hidden away, forced in flee the bed and hide in a closet ven the wite barÄevin munnowncod.
Adam frowned âWhy are you hiding in the wardrobe?
celine blinked, bet thoughts still scattered from sleep. She had woken suddenly she had been sleeping on his bed in the lounge of Carlyâs voter outside. As her surroundings registered, she realized She couldnât even remember how she got there. The last thing she remembered was dozing off at the desk.
That when Carly stemmed in, clearly on the warpathi, celine had panicked and instinctively hidden in the wardrobe.
Lisoking sp at Adam now, she asked â1s Carly gone?
Celime tilted her head slightly, a faint, playful smile curving her lips. âWhen I saw Carly coming in, I hid on my own. Mr. Alvarez, wasnât I good this time?â Adamâs expression didnât change, but his thoughts flickered darkly. âGood? When it matters, youâre never good,â he thought to himself.
Without a word, Celine began climbing out of the wardrobe. But had been crouched in the confined space for so long that her legs had gone completely numb The minment she stepped out, her lasers buckled, and she wobbled forward, about to collapse onto the carpet.
Adamâs hand shot out with lightning speed, his long, strong fingers closing around her slender am. He steadied her effortlessly before she could hit the ground, Celine bent one knee slightly, wincing as she tried to shake the pins and needles out of her leg. âThank you, Mr. Alvarez Adamâs gaze stayed on her. She reached up, brushing a lock of hair behind her showâwhite the delicate curve of her profile catching the light.
His lips pressed into a thin line before he finally spoke, voice low and measured. âNext time something like this happens, if the man hasnât told you to hide. thereâs no need for you to hide. Got it?â
Celineâs long lashes fluttered slightly at his words.
Did he think she wanted to hide? She was the real wife? Carly was the mistress here not her.
And yet, crouching in that wardrobe feeling pathetic and ridiculous, had left her shaken.
âI was afraid Carly would hit me,â she muttered Adam let out low, sarcastic laugh. â
think you canât beat her?â
The memory of Celine pining Elijah to the ground and beating him senseless was still vivid in his mind. The idea that she couldnât handle ? That was hard to Celine caused her gaze to meet las: âI beat Carly, but Iâm afraid youâll take her side.â
Adam Trope, her words catching hish off guard.
She was afraid of Carly. She was afraid of lim siding with Carly.
Crlineâs atrady paze stayed on his handsome face. After a beat of silence, she asked seriously, âI one day carly I really got into a fight, who would you help? Adarn looked at her but didnât say a word.
His silence was as good as an awer â he would side with Cady Carly, bús favorite, the oor heâd given so much power and confidence that she could walk around like she owned the place.
Gelite dowdy but family pulled her an from lus grasp.
haul, Adam let his ann fall to his side Celine fruword diglatly, bei voice laced with confusion. âMe Alvarez, why was sleeping in your lounge?»
Adaniâa raporssion temained lard. âYou tell asleep at the desk last night. When you woke up, your wandered into my lounge and shamelessly made yourseli date gasped softly, her eyes widening in shock was that something she had done ?
, last night did I sleep alone? on did I. derp with you?â
Her gaze, brimaning within damanswered igaradious, betrayed hier groupe struggle to recall how stud clog to his resk and into his arms. Adam, totiring her apparent atujaria, decided it was best to let it go. Alteralj, last night had been isothing more than an accident.
A mocking smark cursed his thin lips. âCeline, what exactly ste you bepling for? Did you think Iâd sleep with you? I slept on the Celine lulent