Crystal's One Night of Love

After Melora left, Alfred spent the night at the condominium, surrounded by the items she left behind.

Most of them he had bought for her.

Melora didn’t know how to do chores, so the bedroom was a mess. Often, Alfred was the one who cleaned things up for her. Even when she had her period, he was the one who’d wash her dirty panties.

Her scent lingered on the pillow..

Unable to sleep, Alfred got up to smoke on the couch.

Holding his phone, he decided that if she called him, he’d answer it. Even if he didn’t say anything, he’d be satisfied to hear her voice again.

Unfortunately for him, he didn’t receive the call he was looking forward to the whole night.

The end of his relationship with Melora finally settled in his mind as he stared at the full ashtray. Why should the daughter of an affluent family cling to you?

As dawn arrived, Leslie entered the condominium unit out of concern for his employer.

Right after he stepped in, he choked on the thick cigarette smoke. “You should take care of your health, Mr. Lodge. Smoking like this is no good.”

Alfred glanced at his assistant before extinguishing the cigarette and flopping down on the couch.

After a while, Alfred said, “Help me do something

He knew Melora wasn’t lacking in anything, but he had enjoyed his time with her. Now that they had ended things, he thought he would probably remain single for the rest of his life. Additionally, money didn’t matter much to him, so he wanted to gift her something.

Once Alfred finished relaying his request, Leslie was shocked.

Leslie was surprised by how much Alfred cared about Melora. After all, the compensation Alfred was willing to provide Melora was an amount that even some divorced couples wouldn’t be willing to consider.

In other words, Alfred was willing to empty almost his entire personal wealth.

Leslie didn’t offer any remark and promptly handled the matter.

The next day, he invited Melora to a fancy cafe.

Leslie was the first to arrive. As it was spring, he was wearing a dark tweed suit. Sitting quietly at the table, he played with his lighter while resting his hand on a thick stack of documents.

-After waiting for fifteen minutes, Melora arrived in front of him. “Does he have something he wants to tell me?”

was shocked to see

and casually. When Melora spotted the documents, she

awkward, Leslie nodded

slender finger on the paper. “Since I was nothing but a fling of his, why does he feel the need to do this? I don’t want any of

we would be together forever. I thought he’d always be there for me, but it all turned out to be a lie. In reality, what we had was just

persuading her to accept Alfred’s compensation

on the situation, he spotted the latter standing before the floor-to- ceiling window in the hotel room. After Alfred

this. Things are fine when I work, but I would think about her during my free time. Whenever I entered a crowd, I would reflexively turn back to look for her.

a week later, they met again by pure accident. It was during a banquet in

it with

gown and a diamond necklace, her hair resting at

course, she

accompanied by Ingrid, and when he spotted

wasn’t an

seriously. There were plenty of women like her around Alfred, after all. Also, ever since she

an idiot could tell what was going

that, Leslie delivered

enough confirmation to her that Alfred wanted to cut ties

on, she heard Alfred was no

guessed Alfred was seeing someone and

who it was, but she didn’t have the nerve to spread the news because she couldn’t

thought that meant they would be getting

her along to social

was cleaner than

Ingrid understood that she could never marry Alfred, she was willing to settle for a friendship with him. For one, he

moment, Alfred and Melora were gazing

whispered, “Why does Melora seem as though she’s about to cry while looking at you, Mr. Lodge?”

focus fixed on

Melora noticed Ingrid was holding Alfred’s arm, she turned

head on

her and asked softly,

hug her brother’s

eyes twitched as he witnessed how tight the sibling’s relationship was. I never thought

him,