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?”

and was shocked to see how much thinner and haggard Melora had

speak calmly and casually. When Melora

Leslie nodded after a

“Since I was nothing but a fling of his, why does he feel the need to do this? I don’t want any of these. Tell him I won’t bother him. again.” She sounded as though it had taken all her

long while. Mr. Alfred… I called him that for so long. All that he provided and promised me led me to believe 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

attempt at persuading her to accept Alfred’s compensation was

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

I entered a crowd, I would reflexively turn back to look for her. Even

week later, they met again by pure accident. It

it with

wearing a strapless gown and a diamond necklace, her hair

she was

and when he spotted Melora, he

an

with Alfred was shallow and that neither of them treated it seriously. There were plenty of women like her around

an idiot could

that, Leslie delivered her a

confirmation to her that Alfred wanted to cut ties with her and

later on, she heard

seeing someone and that he was hiding his lover well.

have the nerve to spread the news because she couldn’t

they would be getting back together, but she was

would only watch her perform or bring her along

than a

a friendship with him.

Melora were gazing at

smiled and whispered, “Why does Melora seem as though

his focus

holding Alfred’s arm, she turned away.

aggrieved, she leaned her head on her brother’s

and asked softly,

to hug her brother’s

as he witnessed how tight the sibling’s relationship was. I never thought there’d come

glanced at him, feeling