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.

last time, he cradled her in his arms to reassure her, then gently teased her lips apart with his tongue and explored her mouth, savoring the taste

uneasy and

and before she

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 his back….

in the knees. She didn’t even know how she left

idea why he treated her

started avoiding

not to see him.

figure with

“You probably bullied

his pockets, remembered that kiss and the way

desired her. Even when dealing with Crystal’s

it was possible for

impossibilities, he wanted to see if there

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

learning about the matter, Alfred slapped him twice.

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

the end. Leslie found Melora and begged her to persuade Alfred to stop. “Mr.

long time,

door for her but didn’t go inside. He

tiny and dimly lit room, it took a while for Melora’s vision

with several bottles of red wine in front of him. When he heard her footsteps, he looked up before pouring himself another

forward to grab his hand and prevent him from reaching

his eyes bloodshot. After

Melora refused to

the carpet, gathering up the bottles

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

he knew she wasn’t a child

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

voice was hoarse as he said, “Melora, let’s give it

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.

didn’t hear his words

he had already kissed

was pressed against the couch as he kissed her. His lips tasted like the wine he had

Alfred…” she uttered, sounding scared

caressed her face

and possessiveness. It was a gaze that a man

and then, he took her for the first

was

to be tossed out the window, and he

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

became unrestrained in his actions, and the steel wires of the bedframe shook like a small boat in a storm while accompanied by her involuntary

relationship before, but

and he didn’t need her to be experienced.

commotion, so he ordered the bodyguards to stay away and stood. guard at the door himself for most of the night.

woke

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

awake?” A husky male voice came from above her.

didn’t dare to

He rarely lost control like this. Moreover, there were many things left for him to resolve. Thus, he grabbed his watch

hour. There were some things he wanted to tell