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 of

fruits, Alfred said, “I had Leslie prepare those. It has been. so many years,

when she heard that.

herself not

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

not hurt her so deeply before, she probably would have felt touched and the night with him

no longer the naïve young girl she used

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

mind it that much? Are you certain

gloomy when he didn’t get a

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

may sit

pursed her lips and did as

few documents laid out on the coffee table in front of her. Upon flipping through the first

no reason to decline his

what Crystal taught her.

told Melora that she should go after a man’s money if she failed to go after him. Henry handed Crystal lots of checks after

complicated that she felt confused even though she was an elite student from a

observed her appearance, he noticed that she

still look so chubby? Hmm… It’s probably because

a little furrow between her eyebrows as she struggled

lips curled into a faint smile when he saw the way

intellect, she could read through them all night and still not understand the contents

to the dining table and grabbed

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

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serve her.

fruits, cut them up, and served them to her on

shot him a glance without saying anything.

I didn’t spike them

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

on a few chunks of the fruits he handed her.

from the side and saw how cute she looked with her cheeks all puffed up.

refrigerator. How about I make you a meal?”

tensed up when she heard

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 though we’re still dating each

an apron, paused when

her as

fell into complete

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

her, Alfred took off his apron and

share. I’m sure you can tell that

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

a conflicted look on his face

entire life, he had never lowered himself nor asked anyone

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

in Coldbridge ran into some trouble, which resulted in

of them had died in incredibly gruesome car accidents, so

a lot more seriously. The project was top-secret