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.

reassure her, then gently teased

and

firmly, and before she knew it, he

her with a tender yet commanding passion, leaving her mind blank. All she could do was cling to his neck, and then, unable to resist any longer, she slid her hand over his shoulder, eventually wrapping it around

went weak in the knees. She

no idea why he

she started

pretended not to see him. She didn’t even greet him; she simply turned

figure with a pensive

teased, “You probably bullied

remembered that kiss and the way she nestled against

with Crystal’s affairs, he couldn’t help

wondered if it was

see

the significant decision to secretly send Skyler to

about the matter, Alfred slapped him twice.

further. He knew how difficult this decision must have been

Melora and begged her to persuade Alfred to stop. “Mr. Lodge has an important meeting tomorrow morning. If he keeps drinking like this, he’ll embarrass himself!”

pleaded for a long time, Melora finally

opened the door for her but didn’t go inside. He

tiny and dimly lit room, it took a while for

on the couch with several bottles of red wine in front of him. When he heard her footsteps, he looked up before

she said, stepping forward to grab his hand and

his eyes bloodshot. After a long silence, he

refused to

gathering up

it seemed like she was playing house. It looked rather silly and

drinking, he knew she wasn’t a child anymore. She

gently pulled her closer, studying her carefully. During this difficult time, it

said,

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

hear his

already

couch as he kissed her. His lips tasted like the wine

sounding scared while trembling violently.

response, Alfred gently caressed her face and

possessiveness. It was a gaze that

then, he took her for the first

time, Alfred was tender and restrained

to be tossed out the window, and

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

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

in a relationship before, but she wasn’t skilled at sex.

dominating in bed, and he didn’t

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

the early morning, Melora woke

it was a pleasant ache, and she didn’t want

male voice came from above her.

didn’t dare to speak.

truth, Alfred didn’t want to get up either. He rarely lost control like this. Moreover, there were many things left for him to resolve. Thus, he grabbed his watch and glanced at

in half an hour. There were some things