Crystal's One Night of Love

Alfred got out of the car first and helped open the car door for her.

Melora’s fair and smooth neck was tensed up so much that he could see her veins bulging underneath the skin.

Alfred remained extremely patient as he waited for her to get out of the car.

Eventually, Melora stepped out of the car and walked past him without even a glance.

Her slender figure cast a long shadow under the dim lighting of the street lamps.

The leaves were starting to fall even though autumn had only just begun.

Alfred quickly closed the car door, ran up to her, and grabbed her wrist before pulling her into his embrace.

It was unclear if he failed to restrain himself due to the beautiful scenery around them or because of the silent night, but he definitely broke his promise of maintaining a distance.

With one hand cupping the back of her head, he pinned her body against the trunk of a tree and kissed her so aggressively that she could barely breathe.

“Let go of me, Alfred!”

Melora struggled while pushing against his shoulders with all her might, but she was unable to shove him off.

It wasn’t long before the scent of tobacco filled her nose and mouth.

His scent was all around her.

Despite how clean Alfred looked on the outside, she knew that his faint scent would linger on a person for a really long time.

After what seemed like forever, he stopped his aggressive kissing and loosened his grip on her.

What greeted his handsome face a second later was a hard slap that echoed throughout the silence of the night.

On top of being a womanizer, Alfred was also known for his bad temper.

All the women he had been with knew better than to talk back to him, let alone slap him.

Melora was the only one who dared hit him with all her might.

With reddened eyes, she looked the other way and shouted angrily, “You have no right to kiss me, Alfred! Who do you take me for? Did you bring me here just to have me continue being your mistress?”

Alfred touched the roof of his mouth with his tongue and realized it was bleeding.

My goodness! She sure packs a punch!

“I’m sorry! I couldn’t help it!” he apologized while staring deeply into her eyes.

It had been a long time since Alfred got intimate with her. He knew that his body clearly desired her. Even after all those years, he had yet to forget the intimate moments they used to have.

Of course, Alfred knew that he had crossed the line with that kiss and stopped himself from making any more advances.

“Let’s head upstairs. I have a document that requires your signature.”

Since they had a child, Melora feared he would try to fight for custody of her son. After hesitating for a bit

“ever, she reluctantly agreed to go upstairs with him anyway.

They soon entered his condominium unit, which looked as luxurious as it used to.

On top of that, the place had clearly been well taken care of.

laid out on

she was staring at the fruits, Alfred said, “I had Leslie prepare those. It has been. so many years,

was touched when she heard

not to

incredibly good at smooth-talking, so it would be easy for him to

deeply before, she probably would have felt touched

longer the naïve young

Mr. Lodge. Let’s get this conversation over with, and you can send me home immediately after. Unlike you, I am already seeing. someone else. It would be hardly appropriate for me to remain in this messy

out a chuckle. “Do you mind it that much? Are

turned slightly gloomy when he didn’t get a reply from

on the couch and motioned for her to take a seat as well. “You down

may sit

and did as

few documents laid out on the coffee table in front of her. Upon flipping through the first few pages, she saw that they were all about child support for

no reason to decline his offer

what Crystal taught

man’s money if she failed to go after him. Henry handed Crystal lots of checks

for Melora, however, Alfred made it so complicated that she felt confused even though she was an elite student from a

observed her appearance, he noticed that she had gotten slightly

why do her cheeks still look so chubby? Hmm… It’s probably because she’s so carefree that

a little furrow between her eyebrows as she struggled to process the information. on the

into a faint smile when

through them all night and

in mind, he walked up to the dining table and

would often hang out here when they used to date each other in the past. Back then, Melora would let him help her with everything, including eating, showering, and getting dressed. Even though Alfred could no longer do

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serve her.

out a few fruits, cut them up, and served them to her

shot him a glance

spike them

date at the fancy restaurant,

munched on a few chunks of the

melt when he stared at her from the side and saw how cute she looked with her cheeks

the refrigerator. How about I make you

visibly tensed up when she heard that.

going on between us before is in the past, Mr. Lodge. Berthold is the

was putting on an apron, paused when he heard

her as he asked, “What if I want

fell into

place. This was the

reveal the truth to her, Alfred took off his apron and returned to the couch.

of my personal assets. I am leaving you with assets that the Lodge family is unable to share. I’m sure you can tell that this amount of money is far more than regular

to get back together with me?” Melora asked in a somewhat

his face when he heard that.

entire life, he had never lowered himself nor

Miller residence the other day because he

trouble, which resulted in the

gruesome car accidents, so

Alfred had no choice but to take Melora and Berthold’s safety a lot more seriously. The