Crystal's One Night of Love

Chapter 265 It Will Not Hurt The Baby

Late at night, when Crystal returned to the master bedroom after putting Skyler to bed, Henry was nowhere to be seen.

In the end, she found him in the study.

It was pitch dark, yet he did not turn on any lights.

He stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows, pulling away quietly. As he did so, the cigarette. smoke was carried away in the wind.

It scattered before fading into the night.

Crystal closed the door behind her before walking over and hugging the man from behind. “You’re still dwelling upon it, Henry?”

Ever since leaving the monastery, he had been sullen and moody.

It was clear as day that he was very much bothered by that abbot’s words.

Patting the hand she had wrapped around his waist, Henry snubbed out the cigarette and fibbed lowly, “No. Don’t overthink things.”

With her cheek plastered against his back, Crystal cajoled, “If so, cheer up, okay? That abbot’s words might not be true. Perhaps he merely made them up.”

Henry whirled around and chuckled softly.

He caressed her belly. “Has the baby been behaving?”

Crystal threw him a look. “The baby is only a little over a month old, so that’s a moot point.”

Gathering her into his arms, Henry dropped a kiss on her hair. “I’ll keep our baby company as he’s brought into the world and watch him grow up, Crystal. I won’t let you leave again.”

Crystal listened as she nestled in his embrace.

Since she had been with him for a long time, she could naturally perceive that he was still. tense inwardly.

Hoping to please him, she tilted her head back and kissed his chiseled jaw before moving. down to his neck. Ultimately, her warm breath kindled the fire within him. Besides, it was rare for her to be so proactive.

Henry grasped her long hair gently, his gaze dark with desire.

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He wanted her, but he had to consider their unborn baby.

her on the massive desk

leaned

so. Interlocking his

“Henry…”

was already

a feeling once, and it was on that snowy night when the man. placed her on the piano. That was a night she would never forget in

hoarse beyond recognition. “Don’t be afraid.

that abbot’s words made him uneasy. As such, he needed to do something right then to ease the turmoil within

long time passed,

before dipping his

to kiss her as

in the night

each other, the breaths the couple exhaled were scorching even

against his shoulder, asking in a quivering

response, Henry

her ear, he inquired in a hoarse and low voice, “Did you feel

could not bring herself to

time passed before he murmured in her ear when she was. about to fall asleep, “I love

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through her, the

heart.

making the arrangements, Crystal was very much

Henry was rather

hand and free up a month to travel

would also

was dealing with work matters when Jamie pushed open the door and stepped in with at stack of financial

raised his eyes a fraction. “Just

However, Jamie remained motionless.

took the financial reports from her. When he saw they were of Adroit Law Firm, he was

years ago, he retired from the legal

Adroit Law Firm, and he was still the only major

should have long since let go of his shares, but he had not

for a while before saying to Jamie in a low voice, “Issue a statement for me and sell off my shares if the

sliver of sorrow

by Henry and won many sensational cases both. within the country and abroad back then. When it was at the peak of its glory, an appointment for his services could be months later, and it was

after, Jamie left the

reports. The reason he made such a quick decision

things he had done in a

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