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

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

was touched when she

clenched her fists and reminded herself not to

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

have felt touched

no longer the naïve young girl she used to

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

that much? Are you

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

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

may sit

pursed her lips and

table in front of her. Upon flipping through the first few pages, she saw

their child, she had no reason to decline his offer to pay

Crystal taught

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

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

he noticed that she had gotten slightly chubbier lately.

so why do her cheeks still look

her eyebrows as she

into a faint smile when he

intellect, she could read through them all night and still

that in mind, he walked up to the

Back then, Melora would let him help her with everything, including eating, showering, and getting dressed. Even though Alfred could no longer do any of those, he

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serve her.

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

him a glance without saying

spike them with anything,”

noticed that she ate very little on her date at the

of the fruits

heart melt when he stared at her from the side and saw

refrigerator. How about I make you

up when she heard

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

putting on an apron, paused

her as

fell into complete

was the first time they had stared coldly at

Alfred took off his apron and returned to the

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, Melora. You can call

trying to get back together with me?” Melora asked

his face when he heard that.

he had never lowered himself

residence the other day because he felt

some trouble, which

of them had died in incredibly gruesome car accidents, so there was no

to take Melora and Berthold’s safety a lot more seriously. The project was top-secret and had been ongoing