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.”

cry in his presence. She wasn’t even friends with him, so there was no point

said goodbye to Henry and told him that she would hail a

and continued smoking with an ambiguous look in his

Crystal left.

She didn’t want to meet

wheel in the plaza at the city center was illuminated with colorful lights,

paused in

silently. As the night breeze picked up,

passed by

There was a deep longing in her eyes, and Henry

who she was

the gas pedal, and the Bentley

…

the music center, which offered the best music training in Barnwood. Crystal’s colleagues

want anyone to be affected, so she smiled lightly and said

package was delivered to her,

to find an exquisite

brilliant and eye-catching, and it looked

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

Crystal didn’t want it.

package, so she knew that he didn’t

Firm. She handed the velvet box to the receptionist, requesting that it be passed to Mr.

but she