Crystal's One Night of Love

Alfred stared at Melora in silence.

She sure has changed a lot… Not only has she gotten a lot thinner, but she has also ditched her bright-colored dresses for more mature-looking ones. She has gone from a girl to a woman.

It was at that moment that Alfred knew he still desired her.

He kept his gaze fixated on her face as he said softly, “Long time no see, Melora.”

Melora seemed to be a lot more emotional than he was.

She was choking back her tears as she said with all her strength. “Yes, it has been a long time, Mr. Lodge…”

As the two continued on, Crystal found herself feeling a little awkward standing in between them.

She then picked up Skyler and had the driver and a reliable housekeeper send the girl to kindergarten. Being an obedient little girl, Skyler gave her a kiss and said, “Bye, Mommy!”

Crystal kissed her in return as well. “I’ll pick you up later tonight!”

Skyler then got off Crystal and went to school holding the housekeeper’s hand.

Crystal turned around and cleared her throat softly. “Ill go make some coffee!”

Feeling a little vulnerable, Melora tugged at her arm. “Crystal!”

“You two continue with your conversation,” Crystal replied with a smile.

“Come on; let’s go inside,” Alfred said.

Melora kept her head low and entered the house, only to have him grab her wrist and drag her into the bathroom.

Alfred closed the bathroom door behind him, forming a tight space around them.

Her back was pressed firmly against the bathroom wall.

Alfred kept one hand on top of her head while pinning the rest of her body with his own. She found herself feeling a little dazed when she caught a whiff of the faint smell of tobacco on his body.

Neither of them said a word for what seemed like forever.

After a prolonged moment of silence, Melora said in a trembling voice, “Let go of me!”

Alfred stared at her as he whispered, “I waited one whole night for you last night!”

She looked up at him in shock when she heard that. Not wanting the tears in her eyes to fall, she tried her best not to blink..

She was not willing to cry in front of him anymore. After all the suffering she had been through after going their separate ways, she didn’t think it would be right to cry right now.

Things hadn’t been any easier on Alfred either.

Alfred stared at the door before shifting his gaze back toward her face. “Why didn’t you go home for two years?”

“What does that have to do with you, Mr. Lodge? It should be obvious that I was having fun out there. Who are you to question me about it?” Melora retorted with a faint smile.

Having fun, huh?

stared deeply into her eyes as he

with her face. Even her teeth

Why do you hate

went pale as she tried her best to maintain

she muttered with all her

eyes turned gloomy when he heard

courage and asked, “Mind letting me go now, Mr.

You used to call me Mr. Alfred, Melora!”

I was too young to know any better back

she continued, “Crystal will be here soon, so please let go of me! I don’t want us to lose this last bit of dignity

her, and she quickly

sure you want to cut ties with me, Melora? We could go back to the way we were before! You can continue

my best to give her whatever she wants, and if she has truly found herself a decent man, then I shall give them

paused for quite a while before replying, “That won’t be necessary. I don’t

There’s no way.

standing next to another woman. That was when I realized I wasn’t the only one that got kidnapped. He told the kidnappers he didn’t know me and left me to die while he saved another woman with his chip! I eventually came to find out that I was just one of his many women. There are tons of

me a final hug before leaving, but I stepped aside and said I’d be leaving the next day. He froze and stared at me briefly before leaving. I burst out crying the moment he closed the door behind him. On the bathroom counter was a used pregnancy test kit with two faint lines on

heart ache as she recalled what

with two

Come have some coffee!” she said with a smile when she noticed the

Melora called out to her with a sob and sat down

had once liked a man with all her heart, only to have it all be a joke in the end. The worst part was how she still liked him, which was something

let her lean against her chest in an

atmosphere grew a little awkward when Alfred came

couldn’t bring himself to explain to Melora, let alone tell Crystal about. Regardless, it remained a fact that he had wronged Melora.

care of her. I’m returning to Coldbridge.”

He’s leaving….

“Uncle Alfred, I asked you a while back if you had thought about starting a family. Well, I’d like to ask

in his tracks when he

actually thought about it when he and

things were going so well for him at the time that he couldn’t bring himself

he couldn’t bring himself to say

Alfred replied coldly.

Granny came and is heading over to the Miller

around in

too, went pale

didn’t invite her over, though. She insisted on coming over to apologize. You know how it

Melora, he noticed

thought that what happened in the past would continue to affect them in

present.

after a

get a change of clothes before heading over, so they headed over in two separate vehicles instead. Crystal also gave Henry a call on the way there and had him

the Miller residence at the same