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.

that had been washed and laid out

had Leslie prepare those. It has been.

was touched when she heard

reminded herself not to be tricked by his

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

her so deeply before, she probably would have felt touched and the

no longer the naïve young girl she used

home immediately after. Unlike you, I am already seeing. someone else. It would be

chuckle. “Do you mind it that much? Are you certain that you won’t marry anyone else?”

when he didn’t get a reply from her.

to take a seat as well. “You down and take a

may sit

lips and did as

were a 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

child, she had no reason to

Crystal

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

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

Alfred observed her appearance, he noticed that she

look so chubby? Hmm… It’s probably because she’s so carefree that she hardly worries

she struggled to process

curled into a faint smile when he saw the way she

she could read through them all night and still not

in mind, he walked up to the

would let him help her with everything, including eating, showering,

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serve her.

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

him a glance without

them with

her date at the fancy restaurant,

few chunks of the fruits he handed

her from the side and saw how cute she looked with her cheeks

refrigerator. How about I

up when

the only connection that we have remaining. There’s

on an apron, paused when he heard

then turned around to look at her as he asked, “What

into

created tons of sweet memories in this place. This was the first time they had stared

her, Alfred took off his apron and returned to the

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 me ‘Mr. Alfred’

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

look on his face

lowered himself nor asked anyone for

knees at the Miller residence the other day because he felt an

ran into some trouble, which resulted in

so

Melora and Berthold’s safety a lot more