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.”

course, he was aware of

the nerve to return to the condominium when

people watching him.

turned to Leslie. “Have someone keep an eye on her until she returns home safely.”

Leslie nodded.

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

the morning, Leslie visited him after handling some

such severe injury? Lie down quickly. The doctor says you need to be on bed rest

“There’s still

that moment, he noticed the diamond ring in

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

didn’t dare to speak a

in the hospital for three days.

Melora called him. He stared at his phone for a long time before rejecting the call, which pained him greatly. I bet if

on, Alfred started distancing himself

Instead of cutting things off with her cleanly, he did it

he returned to his

Eras and the others.

became who he used to be.

kilograms. She often couldn’t contact Alfred, and on the occasion she could, Leslie

courage to question him face- to-face. All she could do was habitually wait

to eat while

Valentine’s Day, she received news

Ingrid finished her performance, she changed into a beautiful

He’s in Barnwood, yet

teary gaze, she still called

clubhouse when his

in his hand down and

Has your puppy caught

casually again. “She’s just a child. How long can her attention

the card game, he said, “Please help me

idea what his relationship with Melora was, but as a woman, she could tell it was intimate

to her, he reconnected with her again recently.

acted with her when in public, he had never touched her again after their

refused to budge,

Miller! Mr. Alfred is having fun in the clubhouse. How about you come

breathing audibly quickened before the call ended

a moment right as he was about

attention won’t last

swirling

midnight that he returned to his car. Leslie asked

stared out the window, distracted.

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said, “The condominium.”

he returned to the place that had provided him with countless

surprise, Melora was there, sleeping on

the corner of

long she’s been waiting for me. Why didn’t she sleep in the room? Does she

he was about to

at him, the panic in her eyes

All she did was stare

her down on the couch, gently patting her head. “Don’t wait for me anymore,

dazed look appeared on her countenance, as though she did yet