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.”

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

and told him

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

Crystal left.

home right away, though. She didn’t want to meet Anna’s disappointed gaze

at the city center was illuminated with

in her

breeze picked up, the corners

a golden Bentley Continental passed by Crystal’s side, Henry caught

sky. There was a deep longing in her eyes, and Henry wasn’t so

who

stepped on the gas pedal, and the Bentley

…

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 they gave

be affected, so she

a package was delivered to her, and the

opened the package to find an exquisite velvet box that contained

was brilliant and eye-catching, and it looked

colleague whispered to Crystal, “Judging from the brand and the number of carats, this necklace probably costs

Crystal didn’t want it.

hadn’t left his contact information on the package, so she knew that he didn’t want to see

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

was bewildered, but she