Crystal's One Night of Love

Alfred halted in his tracks.

After a while, he instructed Leslie, “Find a hotel for her to stay.”

Leslie personally untied the ropes on Melora. When he saw that she was unharmed, he choked back his tears. “You’re okay!”

Melora remained dazed as she looked in the direction where Alfred had left.

Her heart slowly sank.

Alfred stood by the windolearly in the morning. As Leslie put a coat on him, he said softly, “Since Miss Cook’s right hand is injured, she may have to train her left hand in the future. What plans do you have for her now?”

Alfred lit a cigarette.

After a moment, he murmured, “Keep her. She’s still useful.”

He wanted Caylie to be his “lover.” That way, if anyone wanted to make a move against someone close to him, she would be the first person to go after. To put it bluntly, she would be his filter against people who wanted to harm the people he loved.

And she wouldn’t be able to refuse him.

Leslie fell silent.

Alfred turned his head and smiled bitterly. “Why are you so shocked? This is who I’ve always been. The others always say that I’m ruthless and cunning, no:

However, even a ruthless person like him had a soft spol.

And now, he was going to see her.

Meanwhile, several bodyguards were on duty outside a suite of the best hotel in Coldbridge.

Inside the suite, Melora held a box of food and ate tearfully.

Before meeting Alfred, she rarely cried. Even when she said she had taken sleeping pills when dating Robert, it was just to scare him. At that time, she had thought her infatuation with Robert was love.

But now that she had truly experienced love, she realized how superficial she had been.

Melora couldn’t finish her food. The more she ate, the more she felt like throwing up.

Later on, she felt so nauseous that she was unable to bear even the slightest scent of food. She began vomiting in the bathroom. This was unusual because she usually had a good appetite.

Melora rubbed her belly, feeling lost..

She remembered that Alfred didn’t take precautions when they had sex for the last time over a month ago.

Am I pregnant?

Melora raised her face and stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her complexion was deathly pale.

She rushed out of the toilet immediately because she wanted to buy a pregnancy test kit. She wanted to know if she was truly carrying Alfred’s child. If she really was pregnant, she wanted to ask him if he wanted the baby.

The bodyguard at the door stopped her and said politely, “Miss Melora, Leslie has instructed us not to let you go out.”

Melora’s lips trembled. “I don’t feel well. I just want to go downstairs and buy medicine.”

The bodyguard hesitated.

In the end, they allowed her to go downstairs with two people assigned to follow her.

from the hotel. After buying it and keeping it in her pocket, she hastily returned

appeared on a pregnancy test

blankly for a long time. When she realized what she was seeing, she covered

She was pregnant.

carrying Alfred’s

knock at the door followed by faint footsteps.

belly, she slowly walked out.

just been apart for two hours, yet they felt somewhat distant from each

lips trembled. She wanted to tell him that she was pregnant, but he

his slender fingers and deliberated for a while before he spoke. “Melora, you’ve seen

to tell him that

her thoughts, Alfred looked at her with an amused smile. Then, he asked calmly, “But what can you do for me if you continue to stay

you like her?”

of his pants. “She

should be scared. You should return to Barnwood

didn’t understand what

“I admire women like her! You are adorable, Melora, but you’re only suitable for passing the

viciously, “You will never understand any of this!”

was dazed by

but just not enough for him to give up what he currently had. His love for power and money

good

the question despite wanting to. Slowly,

of great ambition, and he had made it so clear to her. Would it matter if she

glow

Melora didn’t tell Alfred about her pregnancy.

“Then I wish you a bright future, Mr. Lodge.” When Alfred gazed at her, she turned away. “Leave quickly! Otherwise, I can’t

slowly stood up.

for a moment, thinking if he should give her a pat on the head, but he gave up in the end. It wasn’t until he was holding the door handle at the entrance that he said in a

this encounter

again, while a person like

Alfred left.

sound of the door being opened and closed gently, Melora slid down

returned to Barnwood, but she didn’t dare to go

Alley and lay lifelessly in there every day, surviving on whatever little food that was left

know how to cook, she simply boiled food

she would wake up in fright because she would dream that her Mr. Alfred had come back. He would gently carry her to

up, there would be tears

he never came back

two months later. Her baby bump had started

let alone that it was Alfred’s child in her

do odd jobs, and earned a meager wage to support herself. She even

had to count every money she spent. Even a cup of milk

see Alfred in the news.

expensive. When she looked at her

was just like a dream.

developed a bad habit of checking his

there was not a single word

didn’t even receive any messages from her on

occasionally, but Melora wasn’t there, and

it and was told that she had gone

burritos seasoned with pepper at night. Although he didn’t like it, he would eat everything as if he were