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.

fruits that had been washed and laid out on the dining table, all of which were

the fruits, Alfred said, “I had Leslie prepare those. It has been. so many years, and yet, he still remembers what your favorite

touched when she

fists and reminded herself not to be tricked by his display of

be easy

not hurt her so deeply before, she probably would have felt

longer the naïve young

home immediately after. Unlike you, I am already seeing. someone else. It would be hardly appropriate for me to

it that much? Are

turned slightly gloomy when he didn’t get

then sat down on the couch and motioned for her to take a seat as

may sit

her lips and did as

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

she had no reason to decline his offer

was what Crystal taught

after a man’s money if she failed to go after him.

however, Alfred made it so complicated that she felt confused even though she was

her appearance, he noticed that

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

as she struggled to

curled into a faint smile when he saw the way she looked.

read through them all night and still not understand the contents fully!

that in mind, he walked up to the dining table and grabbed

date each other in the past. Back then, Melora would let him help her with everything, including

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serve her.

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

simply shot him a glance without saying anything.

I didn’t spike them with anything,”

very little on her date at the fancy restaurant,

few chunks of the fruits he handed her.

felt his heart melt when he stared at her from the side and saw how cute she looked with her cheeks all puffed up.

ingredients in the refrigerator. How about I make you

tensed up when she heard

replied softly, “Whatever we had going on between us before is in the past, Mr. Lodge. Berthold is the only connection that we

who was putting on an apron, paused

then turned around to look at her as he

into

in this place. This was the first time they had stared

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

share. I’m sure you can tell that this amount of

me?”

conflicted look on his face when

never lowered himself nor asked anyone for

residence the other day because he felt an urge to marry

the project in Coldbridge ran into some trouble, which resulted in the deaths of

car accidents, so

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