Crystal's One Night of Love

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.

Scooping her up, he placed her on the massive desk lightly. A touch scared, Crystal hugged him tightly around

darkness, Henry leaned down

Interlocking his fingers with hers, he kissed her, his

“Henry…”

was

man. placed her on the

voice hoarse beyond recognition. “Don’t be afraid.

him uneasy. As such, he needed to do something right then to ease the turmoil within

time passed, seemingly an

before dipping his head

She allowed him to kiss her as he pleased, savoring the taste of her passion with

chill lingered in the night

the couple exhaled were scorching even as their bodies

rested against his shoulder, asking in a quivering and tearful voice, “Are you feeling

response, Henry

a hoarse and

could not bring herself to respond to

her

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spark of fire shooting through her,

heart.

scheduled for a month later. With Julia and Melora making the arrangements, Crystal was very much relaxed. Like before, she only needed to take good care

Henry was

at hand and free up a month to travel around with

would also be

pushed open the door and stepped in with at stack

he merely raised his eyes a fraction.

However, Jamie remained motionless.

tad surprised, Henry took the financial reports from her. When he saw they were of Adroit Law Firm, he was inexorably disconcerted for a

years ago, he retired from the legal

Law Firm,

of his shares, but he

flipped open the financial reports and scanned through them for a while before saying to Jamie in a low voice, “Issue a statement for me and sell off my

a sliver of sorrow creeping

founded 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

Jamie left the

sat there quietly, flipping through the financial reports. The reason he made such a quick decision was

in a bid