Chapter 52

Celine pushed Adam away. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Keep pretending," Adam said, his expression darkening with hostility. "You deliberately pushed me toward Tracy!"

He had figured out her scheme: using him to sow discord between Carly and Tracy.

Without blinking, Celine seemingly ignored him, allowing another woman to engage him for three minutes.

Seeing no point in pretense, Celine looked directly into Adam's eyes. "Mr. Alvarez, Tracy likes you."

"If she likes me, that's her business. What does it have to do with me?" he retorted. Many women were interested in him, but that didn't mean he was responsible for their feelings.

Celine was speechless. He wasn't interested in Tracy; Carly still held his attention.

"Mr. Alvarez, why are you so angry? Carly and Tracy both like you. Their competition only proves how irresistible you are! Let go of me!"

Adam remained still and asked in a low voice, "Have you forgotten what I told you that night? Why are you still involved with Nathan?"

He smirked, continuing, "Celine, isn't this just your way of provoking me and getting my attention?"

Celine was stunned by his self-absorption. "Mr. Alvarez, you have such a wild imagination. I don't like you anymore!"

It was the second time she had said so.

With a sneer, he brushed his slender fingers against her face, gently and suggestively caressing her skin. His voice dropped to a deeply magnetic tone. "You really don't like me anymore? It seems you've forgotten how my kiss left you breathless."

Adam was a master of seduction.

Celine's face flushed; she remembered that night. She hadn't forgotten how he kissed her with his eyes wide open and then mocked her reaction. He had the audacity to bring it up again.

He tilted her chin upward, his gaze mischievous and certain. "Let's test it now and see if you truly have no feelings for me anymore." He leaned in, aiming for her lips.

This jerk was so sure she still liked him. He was taking advantage of her feelings.

Celine seized the moment and struck him in the groin.

Caught off guard, Adam winced in pain. He gritted his teeth and growled, "Celine Tate!"

Celine forcefully shoved him away. "Mr. Alvarez, surely you understand now that I don't like you anymore!"

Without another glance, she walked away, leaving Adam speechless.

When Celine returned to the booth, Carly and Tracy were back in their seats. The previous round of Truth or Dare had been abandoned; no one wanted to watch them fight over Adam. Adam also returned to his seat, wearing a dark expression, warning others to stay away. Celine avoided looking at him, pretending nothing had happened.

The third round of the game began. The bottle pointed at Benjamin, with the bottom at Nathan.

Benjamin rubbed his hands together. "Finally, it's my turn! Nathan, your dare is just like Tracy's dare earlier, I want you to pick one of the ladies here and give her a three-minute kiss, with tongue!"