Crystal's One Night of Love

Even though Alfred was swamped with work, he chose to stay at Barnwood with Crystal.

Leslie managed to secure a small office through some connections.

It might have been tiny, but it had everything they needed.

Alfred usually worked there, with his bodyguards stationed outside, while Leslie moved in and out freely.

The next day, Henry rushed back from the Kingdom of Brundela, looking disheveled and ridden with guilt.

As he arrived at the ICU, Alfred confronted him and punched him. Even though Henry didn’t retaliate, Alfred’s knuckles were still slightly swollen from his outburst.

While Leslic applied ointment on Alfred’s wounds, he threw a playful jab at his boss.

“You’re getting up there in age. Shouldn’t you work on that temper of yours?”

Alfred’s anger, which had just been suppressed, flared up again. “I don’t think I hit that b*stard hard enough. I should’ve pummeled more sense into him!”

As they talked, there was commotion at the door.

Leslie went to check and soon escorted Melora inside.

He knew when to step aside, so he left.

Melora cautiously approached Alfred, who casually lit a cigarette with one hand and asked, “What brings you here?”

She held up a tube of ointment. “Let me tend to your injuries.”

In truth, Alfred had already applied the ointment, but he didn’t mind a second round.

They sat close on a narrow couch, her hand gently tending to his wound. Alfred smoked his cigarette. while gazing down at her.

Her skin was fair like porcelain, and her eyelashes were very long.

Then, Alfred asked casually, “That young man seemed nice. Why aren’t you two together?”

She was taken aback for a moment before realizing what he meant.

Taking a deep breath, she replied, “I don’t really like him.”

With that, she finished tending to him and released his hand. In a soft voice, she announced, “I’m done!”

As she attempted to leave, he grabbed her.

Melora was forced back to his side. She couldn’t be sure if it was her imagination, but it felt like they were incredibly close-close enough for her to catch a whiff of the faint tobacco scent on him.

Alfred’s eyes darkened.

He caressed her lips with his fingers, causing her to tremble and call out helplessly, “Mr. Alfred…”

Alfred lowered his head, gently pressing his forehead against hers. “Why are you here? Are you trying to atone for your brother, or is it that you can’t control your feelings, or do you actually like a man more than a decade older than you? Tell me, what do you want from me?”

He was too candid, and she felt a blush creeping up her cheeks.

She quivered, unable to respond, but Alfred wasn’t looking for words.

He kissed her.

he cradled her in his arms to reassure her, then gently teased her lips apart with his tongue and explored her

and wanted to resist.

she knew it, he had

do was cling to his neck, and then, unable to resist any longer,

went weak in the knees. She

no idea why he treated

started avoiding him.

not to see him. She didn’t even greet him;

figure with

“You probably bullied her!”

pockets, remembered that kiss and the way she nestled against him like

Even when dealing with Crystal’s affairs, he

wondered if it was possible for them together.

impossibilities, he wanted to see if there was one possible

found that path yet when Henry made the significant decision to secretly send Skyler to the lab and set Crystal

about the matter, Alfred slapped him twice.

further. He knew how difficult this decision must have been for Henry.

Leslie found Melora and begged her to persuade Alfred to stop. “Mr. Lodge has an important meeting tomorrow morning. If he keeps drinking like

long time, Melora

didn’t go inside.

took a while for Melora’s vision to

the couch with several bottles of red wine in front of

anymore,” she said, stepping forward to grab his hand and prevent him from reaching for

After

refused

knelt on the carpet, gathering up the bottles of

playing house. It looked rather silly and a

had been drinking, he knew she wasn’t a child anymore. She was a mature

studying her carefully. During this difficult time, it felt like they

hoarse as he said,

of alcohol, he compromised. Just like any ordinary man, he couldn’t resist temptation. He wanted to cherish the woman he liked. At that moment, he even thought about the consequences of them being intimate with each other. If they crossed that line, he’d have to take

hear his words

had already kissed

the couch as he kissed her. His lips tasted like the wine he had just drunk, intoxicating her.

uttered, sounding scared while trembling violently.

response, Alfred gently caressed her

he wanted, for his gaze held both desire and possessiveness. It

her for

Alfred was

to be tossed out the window, and he craved more.

he carried her to a small bed in the adjacent room. It was a creaky old spring

became unrestrained in his actions, and the steel wires of the bedframe shook like a small

before, but she wasn’t skilled at sex.

dominating in bed, and he didn’t need

heard the commotion, so he ordered the bodyguards to stay away and stood. guard at the

early morning, Melora woke

but it was a pleasant ache, and she

awake?” A husky male voice

dare to

rarely lost control like this. Moreover, there were many things

half an hour. There were some things