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.

and laid out on the dining table, all of which were

those. It has been. so many years, and

touched when

not to be tricked by his

good at smooth-talking, so it would be easy

she probably would have

longer the naïve young girl

send me home immediately after. Unlike you, I am

“Do you mind it that much? Are you certain that you won’t marry anyone

turned slightly gloomy when he didn’t get a reply

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

may sit

her lips and did

out on the coffee table in front of her. Upon flipping through the first few pages, she saw that they

no reason to decline his offer to pay child

was what Crystal taught

that 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 more

that she felt confused even though she was an elite

he noticed that she had gotten slightly

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

a little furrow between her eyebrows as she struggled to process the

curled into a faint smile when

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

walked up to the dining table and

to date each other in the past. Back then, Melora would let him help her with everything, including eating, showering, and getting

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serve her.

picked out a few fruits, cut them up, and served

shot him a glance

worry; I didn’t spike them with

date at the fancy restaurant, so he figured the food was

few chunks of the fruits he

when he stared at her from the side and saw how

How about I

visibly tensed up when she heard that.

the only connection that we have remaining. There’s no need for you to keep acting as though we’re still dating each other, so please stop it.”

putting on an apron, paused when

look at her as he asked, “What if I

condominium fell into

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

truth to her, Alfred took

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’ or

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

had a conflicted look on his face when

entire life, he had never lowered

at the Miller residence the other day because

some trouble, which resulted in the deaths of two

gruesome car accidents, so there was no one who could tell him

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