Crystal's One Night of Love

Chapter 9 Precious Gift as Compensation

Henry was quite gentlemanly as he reached out and adjusted her skirt, then moved to button it up.

“I can do it myself,” Crystal said in a shaky voice.

She gripped the grain-sized button, but it was so slippery that she couldn’t quite do it. In the end, Henry buttoned it for her.

He apologized to her again.

To compensate, he called up Jake Murray and explained the situation with Crystal’s father to him.

Jake was quite approving of Henry, so he immediately agreed to the man’s request. Then, he scheduled a time to meet up with Crystal.

Henry chatted with Jake for a bit before hanging up.

He sat down at the desk and lit a cigarette, then said to Crystal, “Other than the lawsuit, do let me know if there’s anything else you want.”

Crystal knew that this must be their last meeting.

If it were before, Henry might fondly recall her body on occasion, but things were different now. He must have made a firm decision to set a clear boundary between them.

After all, Crystal knew her worth.

She pretended to be indifferent as she said, “We’re just a couple of adults having fun. I didn’t lose anything, anyway. I even have to thank you for your help, Mr. Miller.”

nose tingling, but she refused to cry in his presence. She wasn’t even friends with him, so there was no point in showing weakness

said goodbye to Henry and told him that she

say anything. He sat there and continued smoking with an ambiguous look in his

Crystal left.

away, though. She didn’t want to meet Anna’s

walked alone on the streets. The Ferris wheel in the plaza at the city center was illuminated with colorful lights, and a couple could be seen hugging and kissing each other under the blinking

in her

As the night breeze picked up, the corners of her eyes

Bentley Continental passed by Crystal’s side, Henry caught sight of

the sky. There was a deep longing in her eyes, and Henry wasn’t so delusional as to assume

who she

the gas pedal, and the

…

Crystal went to work at the music center, which offered the best music training in Barnwood. Crystal’s colleagues knew that something had happened to her at home, so

be affected, so she smiled lightly and said that she

to her, and the sender was a

find an exquisite

necklace was brilliant and eye-catching, and it looked very

number of carats, this necklace probably costs 150,000 at the very

Crystal didn’t want it.

on the package, so she knew that he didn’t

went to Justice Law Firm. She handed the velvet box to the receptionist, requesting

was bewildered, but she still