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.

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

darkness, Henry leaned down and

Interlocking his fingers with hers, he kissed her, his

“Henry…”

voice was

feeling once, and it was on that snowy night when the man. placed

hoarse beyond recognition. “Don’t be

made him uneasy. As such, he needed to do something right

passed, seemingly an

his head and capturing her

was still trembling slightly. She allowed him to kiss her as he pleased, savoring the taste of

chill lingered in the night

the breaths the couple exhaled were scorching

in a quivering and tearful

response, Henry

close to her ear, he inquired in a hoarse

could not bring herself

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

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spark of fire shooting through her, the warmth

heart.

the arrangements,

Henry was

wanted to settle everything at hand and free up a month to

also be bringing Skyler

matters when Jamie pushed open the door and

his eyes a fraction. “Just

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

ago, he retired

the one who founded Adroit Law Firm, and he was still the

let go of his shares, but he had not

the financial reports and scanned through them for a while before saying to Jamie in a low voice, “Issue a statement for

of

the peak of its glory, an appointment for his services could be months later, and it was even more difficult than scheduling a

Jamie left

sat there quietly, flipping through the financial reports. The reason he made

a bid to win those lawsuits back then,

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