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 the dining table, all

prepare those. It has been. so many years, and

when she heard

and reminded herself not to be tricked

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

have felt touched and the

no longer the naïve young girl she

to talk to you about Berthold, Mr. Lodge. Let’s get this conversation over with, and you can send me home immediately after. Unlike you,

that much? Are you certain

slightly gloomy when he didn’t get a

for her to take a seat as well. “You

may sit

lips and did as

of her. Upon flipping through the first few pages, she saw that they were all about child support for

was their child, she had no reason to

what Crystal

go after him. Henry handed Crystal lots of checks after they broke up, each worth more money than the previous one.

for Melora, however, Alfred made it so complicated that she felt confused

appearance, he noticed that she had gotten slightly chubbier lately.

young girl anymore, so why do her cheeks still look so chubby? Hmm… It’s probably because she’s so carefree

she

lips curled into a faint smile when

of intellect, she could read through them all night and

mind, he walked up to the dining table and grabbed some fruits.

Back then, Melora would let him help her with everything, including eating, showering, and getting dressed. Even though Alfred

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serve her.

cut them up,

shot him a glance without saying anything.

didn’t spike them with anything,”

on her date at the fancy restaurant, so he figured the food was not

of the fruits he

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

ingredients in the refrigerator. How about I make

visibly tensed up when

the documents down and replied softly, “Whatever we had going on between us before is in the past, Mr. Lodge. Berthold is the only connection that we have remaining. There’s no need for you to keep acting as

on an apron,

her as he asked, “What if I want

fell into

of sweet memories in this place. This was the

truth to her, Alfred took

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 child support. Stop calling me ‘Mr. Lodge,

trying to get back together with me?” Melora asked in a somewhat stiff voice.

a conflicted look on his face

his entire life, he had never lowered

he got on his knees at the Miller residence the other day because he felt an urge to marry

in Coldbridge ran into some trouble, which resulted in

died in incredibly gruesome car accidents, so there

lot more seriously. The project was top-secret