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 up, he placed her

Henry leaned down and captured her

wanted to move, but he stopped her from doing so. Interlocking his fingers with hers, he kissed her,

“Henry…”

was

only experienced such 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 her entire

his voice hoarse beyond recognition. “Don’t be

abbot’s words made him uneasy. As such, he needed to

passed,

straightened before dipping his head and

still trembling slightly. She allowed him to kiss her as

lingered in the night

couple exhaled were

a quivering and tearful voice, “Are you

response, Henry

in a hoarse

not bring herself to

before he murmured in her

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of fire shooting through her, the warmth

heart.

the arrangements, Crystal was very

the contrary, Henry was rather

to settle everything at hand and free up a month to travel around

they would also be bringing

pushed open the door and stepped in with at stack

his eyes a

However, Jamie remained motionless.

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

years ago, he retired

Adroit Law Firm, and

have long since let go of his shares, but

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 shares

a sliver of sorrow

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 even

Jamie left the

reports. The reason he made such a

knew how many reprehensible things he had done in a bid to

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