Crystal's One Night of Love

At two in the afternoon, Leslie came to pick Alfred up.

After Alfred boarded the vehicle, Leslie teased, “You seem high-spirited today.”

Alfred grinned. “Not at all. She was so clingy that I feel tired!”

Leslic chuckled.

Hours later, Alfred left his meeting with a scowl.

Leslie approached him, asking in a whisper, “What happened?”

“We’ll talk in the car.”

Once inside the automobile, Alfred pulled the curtains for the windows and sighed. “Do you remember the project from half a year ago?”

Leslie nodded.

Undoing one button on his shirt, Alfred continued, “I recommended Noel for the project. However, he and his wife died in a suspicious car accident.”

Leslie was stunned for a long while.

Lowering his head, Alfred lit a cigarette with trembling fingers. Several minutes passed before he took a puff. What he didn’t tell Leslie was that there were obvious bruises on Noel and his wife that looked like they were beaten up.

Ultimately, Noel had sacrificed his and his wife’s lives to protect the project data.

Someone had to take over the project.

And since Alfred was the one who designated Noel to oversee it, he had to take responsibility.

As he continued to smoke with his quivering fingers, he removed the small box from his pocket with another hand. Initially, he planned to propose to Melora today and marry her after Christmas.

However, Noel’s death made him question if he should.

The sight of Noel’s and his wife’s ghastly deaths haunted Alfred.

Though Alfred didn’t speak his mind, Leslie could guess what the former was thinking about. Unfortunately, he could only remain silent.

Suddenly, something smashed into the black Audi, launching Alfred forward.

When the car stopped, a man in black clothing riding a motorcycle in front of the automobile halted as well. He then peered through the window as though he had x-ray vision.

The driver cursed and made to exit the vehicle.

Bearing the pain, Alfred exclaimed, “Don’t step out of the car! It’s dangerous!”

When the man in black clothing saw the car didn’t move, he sped off.

Leslie crawled to the backseat to check Alfred’s injury. “How are you feeling, Mr. Lodge?”

Alfred pressed his hand on his abdomen. I must’ve broken a rib.

Despite that, he didn’t show any emotions in his countenance. “To think they’ve received the news so soon. after the meeting concluded! This foreign company is outrageous!”

As much as he wanted to avenge Noel and the latter’s wife, he had to focus more on protecting his own life.

At that moment, his phone rang.

It was from Melora. After a brief moment of hesitation, Alfred answered the call and uttered gently, “I’ve got an emergency at Coldbridge, so I won’t be joining you later, Melora.”

was aware of how disappointed

the nerve to return to the condominium when there were undoubtedly many

people watching him.

turned to Leslie. “Have someone keep an eye on her

Leslie nodded.

private hospital at Coldbridge. Though he needed to rest after breaking a rib and suffering from a concussion, he couldn’t sleep at all. All he

four in the morning, Leslie visited him after handling some affairs.

smoke after suffering such severe injury? Lie down

down. “There’s

the diamond ring in

“Despite my age, I fell for a young woman, Leslie! I need to stay four years on the project. What will I become by then? Though I’m always saying Melora is young, she’s already twenty-eight. After four years, she’ll be over thirty. There’s no way she can waste four years waiting for me.” I also don’t want to

didn’t dare to speak a word,

only stayed in the hospital

for a long time before rejecting the call, which pained him

then on, Alfred started distancing himself from

with Melora. Instead of cutting things off with her cleanly, he did it slowly. As he tortured

returned to

reconnected with Eras and

again, he became who he used to be.

was over, Melora had lost a few kilograms. She often couldn’t contact Alfred, and

what Alfred was doing. However, she didn’t have the courage to question him face- to-face. All she could do was habitually wait for him at

to eat while waiting for him.

received news of Alfred.

to support Ingrid at La Scala. After Ingrid finished her performance, she changed into a beautiful gown. With his arm wrapped

Barnwood, yet he hasn’t asked

her teary gaze, she still called his number, wanting

at the clubhouse when his

the cards in his hand down and stared at Melora’s number

the matter? Has your puppy caught up to

again. “She’s just a child.

he said, “Please

no idea what his relationship with Melora was, but as a woman, she could tell it was intimate since he had ignored her for some time.

for reasons unknown to her, he reconnected with

affectionate he acted with her when in public, he had never touched

she refused to budge, Alfred urged, “Do

Ingrid had no choice but to answer the call. “Hey, Miss Miller! Mr. Alfred

quickened before the call ended abruptly.

moment right as he was about to play

did I say? A child’s attention won’t last long, but she keeps calling me. It’s

swirling in his

that he returned to his car.

out the window, distracted.

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he said, “The condominium.”

middle of the night, he returned to the place that had provided him

was there,

the corner of her

up as well. I wonder how long she’s been waiting for me.

he was about to

panic in

“Mr. Alfred” before she cried silently. All she did was stare at him, waiting for

the couch, gently patting her head. “Don’t

on her countenance, as though she did yet didn’t understand him.