Crystal's One Night of Love

Chapter 23 How Are You Going to Compensate, Robert?

When Crystal woke up in the morning, she found an exquisite square velvet box placed beside her pillow.

Stunned, she opened it to have a look.

A diamond ring lay within and it shimmered brilliantly. It was a Tiffany classic, and its carat seemed quite high.

Crystal could guess who it was from.

The irony was real, though. Considering how to be violated, he had the nerves of steel to go had forced her into a corner and almost caused her a diamond ring!

She was about to ask the nurse to return it when the door opened.

It was Robert walking in. When he saw Crystal looking at the diamond ring, he said in a rare gentle tone, “You’re awake. Do you like it?”

Crystal closed the box and smiled lightly.

“Yes, I do. No woman can say no to diamond rings. Robert, I don’t want anything from you, though.”

Crystal thought that when she saw Robert’s face again, she would be disgusted and furious. Much to her surprise, she was completely calm as if she were talking to a stranger.

no longer had any feelings for him

lowered his gaze and murmured very lightly, “Crystal, this is my compensation toward

me? If you really feel sorry for me, let my dad go! I’ll immediately leave Barnwood with my parents, and I’ll never show up in front of you again, much less get in your

his hands in his pockets and straightened up. “We’ll talk when you’ve thought things through.”

anymore. She threw the diamond ring she was holding in his

little box grazed Robert’s forehead, leaving a fine trail of blood across it.

Robert wasn’t bothered.

it in his pocket. Someday, he would place the ring on Crystal’s finger, and she would willingly become

“Crystal, that

eyes and wished he

when the door to

entering the ward.

in a classic suit in black and white. His snow–white shirt was ironed perfectly, and it

the ward was awkward, but Henry acted like he hadn’t noticed it. He nodded at Robert, then

you Venmo it to me?

and leaning against

Why do you only have 2600

felt like it

you play golf with me sometime, and we can forget