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 her

and

was held firmly, and before she knew it, he had her

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

until she went weak in the knees. She didn’t even

she had no idea why he treated her

started avoiding him.

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

retreating figure with a

teased, “You probably

that kiss and the way she nestled against him like a

dealing with Crystal’s affairs, he couldn’t help

it was possible for

countless impossibilities, he wanted to see if there

that path yet when Henry made the significant decision to

learning about the matter, Alfred slapped

further. He knew how difficult this decision must have been

away, Alfred drank a lot of alcohol. Even Leslie couldn’t stop him. In the end. Leslie found Melora and begged her to persuade Alfred

pleaded for a long time, Melora finally agreed.

door for her but didn’t go inside. He whispered, “I’ll wait outside!”

room, it took a while for

bottles of red wine in front of him. When he heard her

to grab his hand and prevent him from reaching for the

at her quietly, his eyes bloodshot. After a

Melora refused to leave.

carpet, gathering up the

like she was playing house. It looked rather silly and

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

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

as he said,

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

didn’t hear his

had already kissed her.

His lips tasted like the wine he

sounding scared

response, Alfred gently caressed her face

and possessiveness. It was a gaze that a man gave a woman

then, he took her for the

was tender and

had caused his inhibitions to be tossed out the window, and he craved more.

in the adjacent room. It was a creaky old spring bed that

and the steel wires of the bedframe shook like a

relationship before,

bed, and he didn’t need her to

stay away and

Melora woke

body ached, but it was a pleasant ache, and she didn’t want to

awake?” A husky male voice came

didn’t dare

either. He rarely lost control like this. Moreover, there were many things left for him to

get up in half an hour. There were some things he wanted to tell her right